My 90s university cohort became part of the dot.com boom, and thanks to their ubiquity in the CS labs, ordering Sun kit seemed like the familiar, natural, and o

My 90s university cohort became part of the dot.com boom, and thanks to their ubiquity in the CS labs, ordering Sun kit seemed like the familiar, natural, and obvious choice. "Get 'em whilst they're young" - I doubt it was an intentional strategy for Sun, but it definitely helped their sales in the bubble.