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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, 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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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 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 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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Sun releases Solaris-based desktop software
October 14, 2004
Java Desktop System version 2 sneaks onto the market only two months ahead of version 3's due date.
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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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Microsoft: Sun deal unsigned; feds look at Longhorn
July 16, 2004
In court filing, firm says deal with server maker to be finalized "shortly." Also: Authorities prod new operating system.
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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 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 dangles discounts for Microsoft techs
September 1, 2004
Microsoft technology specialists can get up to 35 percent off Windows-certified Opteron servers and workstations.
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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 tries again with consumer-flavored Java
May 8, 2007
The server and software company comes full circle with Java, releasing a scripting language to ease desktop and device Java development.Video: Sun launches JavaFX
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Sun plans July release for StarOffice 8
May 2, 2005
The company touts the software's "dramatically improved" compatibility with Microsoft Office, its chief competitor.
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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 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 extends olive branch to Red Hat
September 12, 2005
Sun Microsystems is being more accommodating toward Linux again, making room onstage for Red Hat at a server product launch.
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