His mother retired as an executive assistant at Apollo Computer in Westborough, Mass.

Apollo/Domain was a range of workstations developed and produced by Apollo Computer from circa 1980 to 1989.

So far, it's up 18 percent this year, although that overstates a bit because it includes the acquisition of Apollo Computer.

Poduska left in 1981 to start Apollo Computer.

Hewlett-Packard is acquiring Apollo Computer in a deal that could be worth up to $600 million.

After senior marketing jobs at Data General and Apollo Computer, he joined Sun in 1987.

Apollo Computer expects a second-quarter loss of $5 million to $8 million because of lower demand for its machines.

It was created at Apollo Computer in the 1980s.

Apollo Computer reported a loss for the quarter.

Last year Hewlett-Packard bought Apollo Computer, which had 13.7 percent of the market.