*Result*: The virtuous circle.
*Further Information*
*Sun Microsystems Inc.'s push into software development under Executive Vice President Jonathan Schwartz has been met with varying degrees of suspicion by analysts, the trade press and, of course, competitors. In a nutshell, the critics fall into two main buckets: those who deride Sun as a hardware vendor with no software skills and those who don't think anyone will displace Microsoft. But as Sun methodically attacks Microsoft with price, interoperability and the strengths of the open-source world, customers are stepping up to the counter. In addition, Java Enterprise System mirrors Microsoft's bundling of application server, directory and middleware with the operating system.*
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