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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. well, i guess now we know by b17bmbr · · Score: 0, Troll

    who's pitching and who's catching.

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    My problem? I was perfectly gruntled, until some numbnuts came by and dissed me.
  2. Laugh by mfh · · Score: 1, Troll

    You can laugh, but I think this is one more reason why we should avoid using Java whenever possible. Sun has steadily been following the way of the dark side, and this reveal is no surprise whatsoever to me. I always instictively knew that Sun was evil -- I think it might have been my Java teacher in college who started me thinking this way when I caught him eating someone's entrails in the prof lounge, but I think it also has to do with all the stupid rules Java follows to try and make it harder for people to get any work done.

    Now I am certain Sun doesn't care if I know they are evil. That somehow really scares me.

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    The dangers of knowledge trigger emotional distress in human beings.
  3. The end is near. by eadint · · Score: 0, Troll

    National ID cards, Satin ( bush) in the office. and now sun and MS in bed together. this has got to be the end of the world.