The companies' integration project, headed by Microsoft's Bill Gates and Sun's Greg Papadopoulos, is "way more complicated and detailed and extensive than I thought they were going to do," McNealy said.
McNealy made his comments during a press gathering held Monday at an industry conference sponsored by market research firm Gartner.
The integration work is an outgrowth of a landmark $2 billion legal settlement and technology agreement announced earlier this year by the two companies.
The companies were expected to offer a progress report this month, McNealy said. "I think they weren't quite ready to go show off their handiwork yet, so I hope (for one before the end of the year)," he said, adding that he and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer "are all over them" to deliver.
McNealy confirmed that the companies are focusing on linking their respective directory servers, Microsoft's Active Directory and Sun's Java Enterprise LDAP Directory, to provide single sign-on capabilities for companies using both servers. "It is one of many projects, but it's probably the earliest to bear fruit. I think they are going to put me and Steve on stage for (an announcement) sometime after the new year," he said.
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- I like the idea of Sun selling capabilities. They may be too expensive to purchase, but if they can sell usage cheaply enough they can keep and gain business.
The problem for them is IBM (and HP) ... (Read the rest) - Posted by: Anton Philidor Posted on: 10/19/04 You are currently: a Guest | Log in | Terms of Use
Dead Company Walking
Yagotta B. Kidding | 10/18/04
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Sun ain't doing this for Redmond.
The King's Servant | 10/18/04
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despite a slow spiral from the dot com bust
hipparchus2000 | 10/18/04
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what's next - ms supports java stndards - lol
V Sanders | 10/19/04
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MS and Sun toasted, Linsux will rule the world
FilledOut | 10/19/04
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No Sh** SHERLOCK!
Roger Ramjet | 10/19/04
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Ballmer & McNealy
GrumpyOldMan | 10/19/04
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I don't know . . .
Roger Ramjet | 10/19/04
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Sun's biggest cusomer: Sun?
Anton Philidor | 10/19/04
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