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Sun and Apple Could Have Merged

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the getting-friendly dept.

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"

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  1. Re:What would they have called the new company? by lju · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Nope, "Sue".

  2. OT: Slashdot rendering weird today? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Is it just me? I'm seeing all sorts of weird layout problems.

    1. Re:OT: Slashdot rendering weird today? by 99BottlesOfBeerInMyF · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      I had a few issues this morning. After each page loaded completely, I reloaded them. It seems to have solved the issue. Perhaps they changed their CSS?

    2. Re:OT: Slashdot rendering weird today? by colinrichardday · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      I'm having those problems (using Mozilla)