“Last week’s Sun Microsystems-Star Division merger dramatically
intensified what was already proving to be the most compelling
contest on the software gridiron this fall.”
“For those of you just tuning in, here’s a quick summary of what
happened: On Tuesday, Sun Microsystems, a Palo Alto-based
hardware-software company best known for its bottomless hatred of
Microsoft, not to mention its studied indifference toward the open
source community, officially announced plans to acquire Star
Division.”