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Photo: Ballmer, McNealy find common ground
May 13, 2005
CEOs of Sun and Microsoft tout the companies' newfound cooperation at a press conference.
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Sun moves into Google orbit
October 4, 2005
Alliance aims to boost Sun's Java and Google's Web-based tools, but could also herald a challenge to Microsoft's hold on the PC.
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Sun, Microsoft to outline alliance
November 17, 2004
Rivals set date for giving details of collaborative work.
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Google, Sun plan partnership
October 3, 2005
Collaborative effort could raise the profile of OpenOffice.org and Java software--and perhaps bolster Google's challenge to Microsoft.
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Looking at Sun's core
December 2, 2004
Sun makes bold open-source licensing moves, but is guarded on its partnership with Microsoft.
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Sun settles with Microsoft, announces layoffs
April 2, 2004
update The deal dictates that Microsoft must make $1.95 billion in payments to Sun, which separately says it will cut 3,300 jobs, as its losses mount.
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Sun and Google shake hands
October 4, 2005
Multiyear partnership will develop and distribute Google Toolbar, Java, OpenOffice and OpenSolaris--and Google will buy lots more Sun servers.
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Ballmer: We've 'hit our stride' with Sun
May 13, 2005
The Microsoft CEO and Scott McNealy, his counterpart at Sun, say it hasn't been easy, but the two companies have found common ground.
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Sun's real-time Java fruit finally ripe
June 30, 2005
New release has extensions that guarantee the software can respond within a certain amount of time to critical events.
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Sun, Microsoft to flesh out pact
November 29, 2004
One-time bitter adversaries will detail extent of their collaborative work. Top priorities: Windows-Solaris and Web services interoperability.
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Sun to release ODF translator for Microsoft Office
February 7, 2007
StarOffice plug-in for Office 2003 translates Word and ODF Writer files; spreadsheet, presentation translators set for April.
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Sun, Microsoft tout fruits of cooperation
May 13, 2005
The companies bridge a networking-system rift, while customers hope more such collaborations are on the way. Photos: Ballmer, McNealy find common ground
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Sun pushes cheaper Java cards
November 17, 2003
Sun Microsystems plans to encourage broader use of its Java Card technology by offering consumers a lower-priced variant.
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Microsoft loses top executive in China
January 12, 2007
Li Gong is leaving the software giant to return home, CNET News.com has learned.
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FAQ: The Sun-Google partnership
October 5, 2005
What exactly does the alliance mean for the two companies--and for the computing industry?
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Sun gets second Microsoft patent payment
April 15, 2005
Companies also are expected to soon release more details on their collaborative efforts. What's it like to negotiate with Bill Gates?
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Microsoft and Sun's difficult dance
December 2, 2004
news analysis The companies find that being partners is sometimes harder than being enemies.
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Sun to offer more free software
November 30, 2005
The company plans to give away Java Enterprise System, N1 management tools with its Solaris operating system.
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Google throws bodies at OpenOffice
October 31, 2005
With rival Microsoft in mind, the search giant will hire people to work on the open-source software suite.
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Sun: ODF needed to prevent 'corporate Alzheimer's'
December 15, 2005
Open, stable document format is needed to preserve world's information, company executives say.
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