Microsoft and Sun, sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G

By Joey Alarilla
INQUIRER.net

WILL “Losing My Religion” now be the theme song of Sun Microsystems?

For a company that once led a crusade against Microsoft and built a religion around Java, Sun has certainly changed its tune. The industry’s abuzz with Sun’s newfound love for Microsoft which sees it reselling Windows on its servers. In other news, Hell has frozen over.

The most amusing story I’ve seen so far comes from Forbes, which included a Top 10 list of the finest cracks Sun chairman and co-founder (and former CEO) Scott McNealy has made over the years against Bill Gates and Microsoft.

Here are numbers 10 to 8:

10. “Probably the most dangerous and powerful industrialist of our age.” (On Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates.)

9. “.Not Yet.”(Referring to Microsoft’s .Net development strategy.)

8. “Microsoft is now talking about the digital nervous system. I guess I would be nervous if my system was built on their technology too.”