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Netscape, Sun, and AOL plans

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the so-whats-gonna-happen dept.

MBrod sent us a link to a story about the business plan of the new AOL/Sun/Netscape holy trinity. I'm keeping my eye on this one. The plan is nice and vague, but it does look like they will be working fairly closely.

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  1. AOL isn't that scary by gavinhall · · Score: 2

    Posted by Mike@ABC:

    I've been out to AOL's HQ in Virginia. It reminded me of the typical Silicon Valley megacorp, just 3000 miles east. I know there's a knee jerk reaction to AOL as either un-cool or just too darn big. It might be both. But man, you have got to give them credit for knowing their customers, and giving them what they want. From the time I visited in January to today, they went from 15 million to 16 million registered users.

    Microsoft wishes it knew its customers as well.

    So you've got great technology from Sun and Netscape, and you combine it with some serious marketing know-how at AOL. Add 'em up, and what do you get? Hmmmm....

  2. I got Bingo! by YeOldeGnurd · · Score: 2
    ``We are launching the industry's first comprehensive, multi-platform, E-commerce solution to accelerate the rapid move of businesses to the Net Economy. The strategy unveiled today demonstrates the natural synergy between the Sun and Netscape products, as well as the opportunity that Internet-powerhouse America Online provides with its consumer expertise and audience reach.''

    ``There are two big phenomena that make this strategic alliance a compelling opportunity. First, consumers are coming online in droves and accelerating E-commerce. Second, businesses are embracing network computing on top of Internet standards as the architecture for all of their back-end systems. For E-commerce to make it to the next level, there have to be new, comprehensive, integrated solutions that make every part of the commerce value chain much easier. That's what this strategic Alliance will do: enhance the value chain all the way from silicon to eyeballs.''

    Oy! I think someone just put Business@The Speed of Thought through a blender to come up with those quotes.

    Bravery, Kindness, Clarity, Honesty, Compassion, Generosity

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    ...Nothing interesting here. Just move along...
  3. Impact of this alliance on HP? by jcostom · · Score: 2
    AOL is one of the largest installations of HP-UX servers. They have row upon row of enormous HP9000's. Now AOL's climbing into bed with Sun to collaborate on new media and new platforms.

    I wonder what the future holds for HP-UX within AOL. HP losing AOL certainly wouldn't kill the company in and of itself, but it certainly would sting a great deal.

    Should be interesting to see what comes of this alliance.

    --j

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    The unsig!