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Ballmer and McNealy Smiling Together

Posted by Zonk on from the will-wonders-never-cease dept.

cahiha writes "Sun and Microsoft are pushing a single sign-on and identity management solution, and the Sun home page has a picture of McNealy and Ballmer smiling together. Yahoo has details on the conflict between the industry giants, and there is more information on the collaboration at the Sun press release page. The press release took place Friday morning." From the article: "The technology news, though, was overshadowed by the joint appearance of McNealy and Ballmer, who until April 2004 were bitter enemies. McNealy once referred to Microsoft's executive team of Ballmer and Bill Gates as 'Beavis and Butthead.'"

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  1. In other news..... by Crimson+Dragon · · Score: 5, Funny

    The Four Horsemen have been sighted today in an undisclosed location...

    --
    The Crimson Dragon
    1. Re:In other news..... by themoodykid · · Score: 4, Funny

      There's been change in plans. It's now six horsemen.

  2. Keyboards! by CRepetski · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now if they can only cooperate and get their darn keyboards to have similar layouts! I mean seriously, who would have the caps lock key where shift is? Ridiculous.

    1. Re:Keyboards! by Yallis · · Score: 5, Funny

      nONSENSE1

  3. Schizo by ProsperoDGC · · Score: 4, Funny
    Before Sun and Microsoft start evangelizing an identity management scheme to the rest of us, perhaps they need to sort out their own schizophrenia.

    Microsoft appears to be jumping too quickly getting between "good company" and "bad company" personalities, while Sun's "we're independent and answer to no-one" and "yeah, but we did get $2bn from our biggest competitor" vibrations are reaching breaking point.

  4. Revenge of the Shit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny


    Stallman: The dark side of the Source is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be... free (as in beer and in freedom).

    n00b: Is it possible to learn those powers?

    Stallman: Not from a MSCE.

  5. Re:A Smith said by artemis67 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Maybe a quote from the OTHER "A. Smith" is more appropriate here...

    Do you hear that, Mr. Anderson? That is the sound of inevitability.