Steve Ballmer And Scott McNealy Hold Joint News Conference

PALO ALTO, CA - MAY 13: Sun Microsystems Chairman and CEO Scott McNealy (R) talks with Yuji Ichimura, VP Corporate Planning and Marketing for NEC Solutions America before a crowd of reporters and analysts May 13, 2005 at the Garden Court Hotel in downtown Palo Alto, California. Sun Microsystems Chairman and CEO Scott McNealy, and Microsoft Corporation CEO Steve Ballmer, were on hand to announce new identity specifications and processes for product interoperability between the two systems. (Photo by Don Feria/Getty Images)