Microsoft and Sun Make Nice

[nhdonny]

and its not a joke.

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A few hours later, McNealy and Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer sat side by side at a news conference in San Francisco, and explained that the decision to collaborate was based on business.

The "broad cooperation agreement" calls for the two companies to make their products compatible — an issue McNealy said had become a growing concern among many of the corporate customers the two companies serve.

"It's all about helping our customers who own both our stuff," Ballmer said.
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http://australianit.news.com.au/arti...-15316,00.html


http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/p...greementPR.asp


http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/media/fe...nt-040204.html