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  • Microsoft vs AOL: Instant replay

    The battle over today's instant messenger market is vintage Microsoft, whose strategy enemies call "the three E's" in a parody of the company's marketing mantra: Embrace a rival's technology, extend it to work best with Windows, and extinguish the competition.

  • Sun strategy: A Java giveaway

    Sun plans to bundle its application server software into Solaris, a move that could shake the industry.

  • Servers lead out Sun's Linux drive

    Sun Microsystems has said that it would sell general-purpose Linux servers, a dramatic departure for the company that for years has advocated the use of its own Solaris operating system.

  • Joy leaves Sun

    Sun Microsystems on Tuesday said that Bill Joy, its co-founder and chief scientist, is leaving the company.

  • If you can't beat 'em, throw in the kitchen sink

    If you can't beat 'em selling operating systems, try throwing in middleware and hardware into the mix. That seems to be the thinking at Sun.

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  • Servers lead out Sun's Linux drive

    Sun Microsystems has said that it would sell general-purpose Linux servers, a dramatic departure for the company that for years has advocated the use of its own Solaris operating system.

  • How to blow a billion...or two

    Was Sun's US$2.2 billion acquisition of Cobalt Networks the worst deal in the history of IT? Sun would have more left over if it had spent the money on footprints in the sand.

  • Sun goes on the software offensive

    commentary Scott McNealy has taken the bull by the horns and announced two software bundles aimed at Microsoft's desktop market and IBM's middleware customers.

  • Building the Linux business infrastructure

    IBM has the Linux middleware tools you need today--but so do Oracle, BEA, and many other enterprise software vendors. Why the rush, and what's in it for you?

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  • Sun strategy: A Java giveaway

    Sun plans to bundle its application server software into Solaris, a move that could shake the industry.

  • Licensing program angers MS customers

    Microsoft's software licensing program is not proving popular - about two-thirds of its biggest customers are yet to sign up, and some are exploring alternatives.

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