Microsoft, HP to team for .Net effort
C|Net | at | by Mike
In a sign of deepening ties between Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard, the two companies are set to announce a joint effort to push the software giant's .Net services to HP's corporate clients. Prior to the merger, Compaq Computer was one of Microsoft's closest partners, even testifying for the software giant during its antitrust trial. HP, however, had a more distant relationship. Both HP CEO Carly Fiorina and former Compaq CEO cum HP president Michael Capellas had said the new HP would leverage Compaq's relationship in an effort to forge closer ties. That appears to be happening. "Our relationship has significantly improved," Microsoft group vice president Jim Allchin told CNET News.com earlier this month.