Reuters is reporting that Sun is 'setting the non-Microsoft standard' in 'Web services.' This move by Sun to embrace open standards, and Linux in particular, is yet another indication of a battle brewing between the two companies. For its part, Microsoft is phasing out Sun's Java in products in favor of home-grown .NET services. Both companies are vying to dominate the Internet by defining standards . . .

“High-end computer maker Sun Microsystems announced on Wednesday a free software initiative aimed at undercutting Microsoft in the battle to set the standards of the next-generation Internet.”

“The battleground between Sun and Microsoft's .Net initiative is the layer of software that will form the backbone of the next generation Internet, and Sun will give away a key part, called an application server, that runs on Microsoft systems as well as the hit operating system, Linux . . . “

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