Information technology slogan
"The Network is the Computer " is a slogan that was originally coined by John Gage for Sun Microsystems in 1984.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] Contrary to popular belief, the slogan was not coined by Scott McNealy .[ 6] Wired dubbed the phrase a "truism of Silicon Valley ".[ 7]
Sun employee Larry Wake said of the slogan, "When Sun originated that tag line in the early 1980s, it was actually quite audacious. It was a stake in the ground [stating] ‘Computers should be networked, or they're… not computers. Well, at least, you're missing their potential by a country mile.' "[ 1]
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^ Hughes, Matthew (July 11, 2019). "Cloudflare acquired an old Sun Microsystems slogan and I'm feeling nostalgic" . TNW . Retrieved December 21, 2021 .
^ Yu, Eileen. "VMware mobile-cloud vision stirs memories of Sun 'network is computer' " . ZDNet . Retrieved December 21, 2021 .
^ Caruso, Jeff (April 21, 2009). "The network is the computer is the network" . Network World . Retrieved December 21, 2021 .
^ "IN PICTURES: Remember this? The rise and fall of Sun Microsystems" . ARNnet . Retrieved December 21, 2021 .
^ Reiss, Spencer. "Power to the People" . Wired . ISSN 1059-1028 . Retrieved December 21, 2021 .