Sun microsystems inc. and microsoft Corp. officials said they have reached a number of significant milestones since announcing their landmark settlement and technical collaboration agreement. Still, eight months later, there is evidence of few tangible deliverables. In a recent press teleconference to update the progress between the ven- dors, Greg Papadopoulos, chief technology officer at Sun, in Santa Clara, Calif., said that the new relationship was for the long term and that positive output will unfold over time. "We have two immediate goals. First is that we are working on Web services specifications, which will really help future products interoperate out of the box. Secondly, we are exploring the basic common-sense approaches that let the existing product sets we both have work well together," Papadopoulos said.
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