No. The relation between AOL and SUNW will sour immediately. AOL doesn't want SUNW hegemony, they want the whole pie to themselves and if necessary, they'll bribe the government to not interfere. Once this is digested NSCP should be the greatest short sale of all time. AOL and SUNW have nothing in common. Java? Why would AOL want that? You don't run that language where speed is of the essence and picoJava isn't good enough.
Is there a strategic agreement between AOL and SUNW? What does strategic mean? To agree in principle to fight the barbarian, MSFT?
Some of the regulars on this thread seem to think these issues we discuss are irrelevant to ATHM. Do they have that wrong. They are pivotal because the mere suggestion that a "strategic" agreement is in place, must have the bad man, Steve Balmer, seeing red. There is one way to blast back at AOL for MSFT, and that's juice ATHM. Outside of all the childish ego trips, there is solid business logic behind such a move. We, here, had discussed the inevitability for MSFT to become a more significant partner of ATHM. Some think that's an elementary conclusion, but you don't read that from Cohen and Acampora, or other glitterilliterati. They're too busy predicting the future. |
