NeXT Computer Inc chief Steve Jobs really looks to have a real hate on for Sun Microsystems Inc. According to UnixWorld, he wrote a memo to employees about the Common Open Software Environment announcement, which ignored his firm’s existence, saying: ‘Many of us watched Sun compete with Apollo using slander and lies. We saw some of these tactics directed against us when we were a hardware systems company. However, I think the stakes are much higher now, and Sun is growing more desperate. For those of you who thought that Sun might not be our enemy any more now that we are a software company – think again.’ Popular opinion believes NeXT is doomed and that by the end of the year his NeXT Computer Inc and Microsoft Corp will probably be the only companies that are not members of COSE.
