[Am-info] Linux-IBM behind Sun-Microsoft deal

[Fred Miller]

"-The mind-bending spectacle of Steve Ballmer and Scott McNealy swapping 
Detroit Red Wings jerseys and yukking it up onstage at a swank San Francisco 
hotel made for a fetching photo opportunity. 

But the reason that these two longtime foes were talking friendly was the 
recognition that more dangerous mutual threats loom on the horizon. 

In case you've been in outer space the last decade and a half or were 
otherwise not paying attention, the famously rancid feud between Microsoft 
and Sun Microsystems has been a constant spectacle in the high-technology 
pantheon."

http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107-5184793.html

-- 
"Steve Ballmer is no more designed for the art of persuasion 
than the Abrams tank is for delivering meals on wheels."