The Internet Wars are coming to an end, it seems, but how is this peace going look like?

New York Times' article Silicon Valley Is Seeking Peace by John Markoff:

« It was not that long ago that Scott McNealy, the chairman of Sun Microsystems, referred to his bitter rival, Bill Gates, as Darth Vader and Mr. Gates's company, Microsoft, as the Evil Empire.

But with the settlement on Friday of the acrimonious, seemingly intractable feud that has long defined the sometimes adolescent relationship between the entrepreneurial culture of Silicon Valley and Microsoft, the powerful company from Redmond, Wash., that dominates the software business, it appears that the computer industry is finally coming to terms with Microsoft. »

And so came the dawns of peace and silence.

« From the point of view of Microsoft's and Sun executives the new alliance was the natural consequence of new Internet technology that forced them together. The war over differing standards for operating computers no longer makes sense, they said.

"This is a natural evolution of the industry," Mr. Lewin said. "Whether its household plumbing or the railroads, at some point you have to standardize the connections." »

With fewer troubles to take care of, Microsoft can now turn on Linux. And then we'll see what this new peace will bring us.