How far Sun Microsystems and Microsoft take their newfound cooperation remains to be seen, but analysts agree both companies are being forced to embrace one another to fight off the successful interoperability and multiplatform approach of others, such as IBM, HP, Dell and Novell. The recent announcement of collaboration between the two technology giants — formerly combatants in a war over Java, Web services and other major issues — may be more noise than substance.
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Sun-Microsoft Alliance: Analysts Look Beyond Rhetoric
Posted by: Jay Lyman April 13, 2004 11:20 AMHow far Sun Microsystems and Microsoft take their newfound cooperation remains to be seen, but analysts agree both companies are being forced to embrace one another to fight off the successful interoperability and multiplatform approach of others, such as IBM, HP, Dell and Novell. The recent announcement of collaboration between the two technology giants — formerly combatants in a war over Java, Web services and other major issues — may be more noise than substance.