At ZDNet, Dana Gardner, principal analyst of Interarbor Solutions weighs in on the Sun-Google alliance:
Sun’s strengths and Google’s interests do align really well, on the back end and the client…What’s most important, however, is that the new, albeit nebulous, tightness between Sun and Google is ultimately very good for enterprise IT budget mavens. It is no longer remote of feasibility nor far-off in time and space that low-cost, high-quality, high-reliability baseline workgroup productivity applications and voice and data communications together as subscription services become available. And just in time so that CFOs can do a thorough cost-benefit analysis against next year’s Vista-Office 12 “connected systems” approach rollout.
…Java Runtime Environment on the desktop gets a life-sustaining shot of vitamin B-12, while OpenOffice-StarOffice might well become the R&D replacement and speed-to-market turbo-charge that Google needs to leap out front in the race to redefine the client computing-as-service experience…
…Now, who needs to worry most about Sun and Google making happy-face? I say it’s the voice and data networks providers, the Verizons, Sprints, SBCs, BTs, MCIs, BellSouths, and France Telecoms. Because if Sun+Google=Voice and Data Efficiencies as a service stream, aka Webtone, par excellence, on a global scale, then who are you gonna call when you need business services?
Mitch Shapiro at 4:40 PM|Comments(0)
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