Will Boeing Snub Microsoft Over Wireless Wings Plan?

Computergram International, March 16, 1999

> Passengers on Boeing aircraft will soon be fitted with computers capable of accessing the internet, according to a report in our sister publication Computer Business Review. Scott McNealy, CEO of Sun Microsystems Inc revealed to analysts last month that he had recently been to lunch with "the CEO of a large Seattle-based airline company." That company, McNealy said "plans to have you wired up directly to your seat throughout the entire flight." McNealy is obviously pitching his company's Java technology to the airline, but it is unlikely that Boeing would hand over a prestigious contract like that without at least talking first to its local supplier, Microsoft Corp.