Advanced

Sun, Microsoft Settle; Take Aim at Linux

Posted by dave on · 2 comments
Reuters; By Duncan Martell
Mail this story
Print this story

Sun Microsystems Inc. and Microsoft Corp. on Friday settled their bitter antitrust battles, uniting the two rivals to take on the increasingly popular Linux operating system.

Full Story

  Nav
» Read more about: Story Type: News Story; Groups: Microsoft, Sun

» Get new stories by e-mail: nightly or as they are published

« Return to the newswire homepage

  Related stories
» More like this

Comments (2)

Linux is the common enemy of Microsoft and Sun? This make no sense. How can Sun endorse Linux and have it as an enemy at the same time? Either this is the typical erratic behavior we are seeing a lot lately in Sun or this article is complete crap. Sun may find it hard to accept that JDS powered by Linux is overtaking Solaris, but it certainly isn't an enemy of Sun.

And since when is Linux and enemy? Linux is free and open...if that is how you define an enemy, then I am scared to think of what you call people that actually do warrant such discreditable titles.
Sun is seeing direct compition from Linux, so in a sense an enemy. Sun will get what is coming to them. [url=http://www.groklaw.net/comment.php?mode=display&sid=20040402205112190&title=Sun will set&type=article&order=&hideanonymous=0&pid=0#c110839]http://www.groklaw.net/comment.php?mode=display&sid=20040402...[/url]

The enemy of Freedom is closed minds, Microsoft and Sun both use closed minds of their followers in order to achieve their wealth. Apple uses the same with open minds, and Linux opens those minds to the possiblities.

This is both bad and good, Longhorn might now get rewritten in solaris, with the looking glass desktop???(completely conjuceture)

Post a comment

A free account is needed to post. Write your comment here first: your text is kept in this browser while you sign up or log in, and is waiting for you when you come back.

Your message:
|||||
10
Markdown: **bold**, *italic*, [text](https://link), - lists, > quotes, $x^2$ for math. Formatting help

Sign up and post (it is free)  or  Log in and post