“Jonathan Schwartz, president and chief operating officer of Sun
Microsystems, went on a one-man offensive this weekend against the
company’s main rival, IBM. But he may have gone a little too far
out on his own by suggesting that Sun would acquire Novell in an
effort to undermine IBM’s Linux strategy.“‘It’s totally crazy for him to be making a comment like that,’
said Anne Thomas Manes, vice president and research director for
the Burton Group and a former Sun software executive. ‘I’m sure
he’s going to get his hand slapped by the board for this,’ she
said…”
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