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Sun and Apple Could Have Merged
Firmafest writes "The Register is running a story about Sun and Apple almost merging on three separate occasions. The information was revealed at a Computer History Museum event, where Sun's four co-founders spoke about the history of the Sun company. Bill Joy said that the two comp anies almost teamed on three different projects, including sharing a user interface and the SPARC architecture." From the article: "'As far as I know we also almost bought Apple once,' Joy said. 'We almost merged with Apple two other times.' Many Silicon Valley observers have long seen links between Sun and Apple. Both companies make slick, pricey hardware and are counter-punchers in their respective markets. They also have charismatic CEO figures and strong anti-Microsoft streaks"
When an apple falls form the tree and is left in the sun for a time, the apple rots. I suspect that the cojoined company might have been refered to, if only by the users, a rotten apple.
Snapple
They could go a step more and call their products Smacs.
Sparcle!
Batou: Hey, Major... You ever hear of "human rights"? Major: I understand the concept, but I've never seen it in action
An Apple-Sun merger could have been good or terrible.
We could have had OS X on Sun hardware for years by now.
We could have had OS X based on Solaris.
Which is a bug and which is a feature is left as an exercise for the reader.
Disinfect the GNU General Public Virus!
Apparently you can have black holes orbiting one another. But it's never going to be good for anyone nearby.
Sun + Apple = Cider
I want my iSPARC and iFire.
Mmmm, laptop with Sun chips....*drool*
You say you want a revolution....
Yes, Apple has such an anti-Microsoft streak that they force a Microsoft employee to share the stage with Steve Jobs at his MacWorld keynotes so they experience the reality distortion field before demoing their latest version of Microsoft Office for Mac. To further show Apple's contempt for Microsoft, Jobs just released an iMac that will be able to boot Windows Vista.
Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.
Hey Apple how's it going?
<Apple> Go away loser.
<Sun> Come on, you know you wanted to hook up with me
<Apple> Yea, whatever *puts hand up*
<Sun> You know we could have killed Intel with Sparc
<Apple> Uh huh, haven't you been paying attention? I *LOVE* Intel now
<Sun> *whine* don't be like that, I ALMOST BOUGHT YOU
<Apple> Uh huh, all talk, no action
<Sun> HEY EVERYONE, I KNEW THIS BITCH BACK WHEN SHE WAS A THREE DOLLAR WHORE, SHE'S MINE STILL
<Apple> Someone call security and get this loser out of here
* Security runs in and grabs Sun by the shoulders *
<Security> Sorry, private party, you're not on the list, you're gonna have to leave
<Sun> Get your hands off of me
* Sun storms out *
<Java> Sun baby, come on over my place
<Sun> Oh gawd, not you again, you're looking pretty beat up baby, every time I talk you up I look like an idiot
ipod sparc
Ouch, not in my pocket...
No, but I do have old apple and sun machines, probably from closer to the times this was a possibility.
Damn, it is one heavy computer! I think "built like a tank" is a pretty fitting description.
I've never met an Apple I could compare to a tank. They're too...graceful, though that's not exactly what I mean.
When you open up the case, moreover, you can see the attention to detail. Everything fits together so well, cables are neatly tucked away, spare screws are provided for an additional drive, it's really nice. It is not just "slick."
Apples are built properly, something the PC world seems to have forgotten about. But just because they do actually seem to have been intelligently designed, doesn't make them solid in the same way. The Apple is a racecar rather than a tank. A friend habitually walks over my sun machine - the idea that it might be damageable by anything short of a JCB is utterly incomprehensible.
I am trolling