Today’s USA Today had a front page story about how much friction there is between Bill Gates, Larry Ellison and Scott McNealy. The best quote was from McNealy who derided Gates by saying something to the effect that even Bozo the Clown could run a monopoly.
Maybe, but Sun stockholders are still wondering why the real clown constantly makes the papers but can’t seem to keep Sun in the game. Even Gates isn’t dumb enough to think the future is still proprietary hardware solutions.