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.