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They did have Microsoft removing their helmet and doing the reloading.

Sun called it: Mankind vs Microsoft [1]

It drained their energy and stole their focus.

It was the apex of Embrace, Extend, Extinguish

[1] http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/03/why_sun_threw/

Interesting from that 2004 piece

> Microsoft's biggest global competitors are exactly as they were on Thursday: Nokia and Sony.

How different things looked then!



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