Wednesday, October 19, 2005

Sun-Google: Where's the Beef?



Eric Lundquist  

By Eric Lundquist


Opinion: After Google and Sun held a press conference, the buzz was overpowering, and sometimes that is all that is required to move markets, shake the competition and get customers to consider new alternatives.


Once, when mainframes ruled the Earth, IBM could make or break its competitors by merely mentioning the name of the next generation of big iron. The early announcement of a new mainframe could freeze the entire market as customers held off purchasing or leasing any new boxes until the next IBM system appeared. A simple price change would roil the market for months. It was indeed the time when dinosaurs ruled.


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