The Mining Journal reports that Sun Microsystems will put the software muscle into new low-cost computer hardware to be assembled by Marquette County Economic Development Corporation Renaissance Zone firm B3 Computers. According to B3 officials, the SBox will be a $400 desktop running Sun's Solaris X86 operating system and Java software.

B3 Computers web site

UPDATE: B3 Computers went out of business. This post is mostly all that remains of the company. It got very far out of hand and somehow all notifications on it were routed to spam. We have deleted all the comments. There was one comment that had a link to more articles that we thought might be of use to anyone who is looking for information on the company:

• Marquette County Goes After B-3 Computers
• B3 CEO In Bankruptcy Court
• County Looks To Get Refund
• County Assesses The Remains Of B-3 Computers
• County looks for help with B3 Computers loan collection
• County looks to collect on B3 loans
• System Builder B3 Leaves Michigan High And Dry

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