Someone said, "Microsoft Is The Largest Evil. Sun - Is The Second." :)
What do you think?
A few days ago, Microsoft was reached with Sun, and Microsoft paid 1.9 billion and solutions to Sun, and Sun also announced that it was planned to dismiss 3,300. The stock of two companies on the same day rose.
Then, Microsoft offers Sun.3 billion US dollars to establish an integrity fund that is paid from each other from each other in its own product.
At this point, IT lattice wind mutation, Microsoft and Sun have temporarily comes together, together with enemies who have a deadly threat to them - Linux, and IBM that actively supports open source projects. Java became a development language that is a common force in the opposite side. (Basized, Microsoft promised to solve many incompatible problems in Windows in Windows, and Java will be more seamless with Windows.)
This can be explained why Sun is invited by an early IBM to add an Eclipse project, and why is it unwilling to completely open Java's high-end application source code.
Looking back, look at this comic, although it is a year ago, but the author intentionally or unintentionally predicted today's transformation. Although the specific details are different, the two sides jointly confront the open source is comparable.
Other news
Microsoft denied that this payment reconciliation is associated with the SUN and the early EU judgment Microsoft monopoly.
After SUN has obtained $ 1.7 billion, its total assets rose to $ 7.7 billion. It is expected that Sun will still turn attention to UNIX in the future.
IBM still has no action and spokes.