Opensolaris

+Excellent documentation at http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/coll/47.23 At opensolaris.org documentation is very poor and only in html.
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SUN Microsystems contribution to IT

Java
Solaris
NetBeans

ACID

Today I learnt that ACID stand for Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation and Durability

Berkeley contribution to IT

«Две вещи, изменившие миp, были созданы в Беpкли: LSD и Unix. Вpяд ли это случайное совпадение». (Jeremy S. Anderson)

C shell, created by Bill Joy and students on the Berkeley campus
TCP/IP
BSD
sendmail
vi
PostgreSQL

BSD license, that Michael M.Lucas summarized as follows:

• Don't claim you wrote this
• Don't blame us if it breaks
• Don't use our name to promote our product