A couple of things happened last month that got me thinking about Apple and Sun and their failed merger attempt years ago. Sun held its lab tour event at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, and Apple became outraged at Real Networks for making its Real Music services compatible with the iPod. Sun has always prided itself on innovation, but lately its fortunes have been flagging. Last month it put together a lab tour for the press, analysts and customers to counteract the growing perception that its sun has set.
I didn't know of the former plans for merging Apple+Sun, but I've thinking for many months that the merging could solve the troubles for both companies. One is good for the technology of the interfaces for users in desktops and servers and the other is good at servers and enterprise technologies. And both have powerful processors.
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Apple and Sun: Learning from Each Other
Posted by: Rob Enderle August 9, 2004 06:00 AMA couple of things happened last month that got me thinking about Apple and Sun and their failed merger attempt years ago. Sun held its lab tour event at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, and Apple became outraged at Real Networks for making its Real Music services compatible with the iPod. Sun has always prided itself on innovation, but lately its fortunes have been flagging. Last month it put together a lab tour for the press, analysts and customers to counteract the growing perception that its sun has set.
One is good for the technology of the interfaces for users in desktops and servers and the other is good at servers and enterprise technologies.
And both have powerful processors.