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| casual dress code |
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| use of Free Software |
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| use of GNU/Linux |
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| use of Solaris |
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Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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average score:
- type of organization: public
- size: colossal (over 10,000 people)
- website: www.sun.com
- development offices:
Sun Microsystems (SUNW) is a vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services. It is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.
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November 26, 2006
Varies widely between development groups but generally great to work for as a developer. Individual developers have a great degree of freedom at least within Solaris group on what to work on. Downsides include low stock price and chronically underfunded IT support organisation.