When you're an upstart, it can be extraordinarily difficult to compete with the big guys. Nobody knows that better than Jerry Anders, CTO of Saratoga, Calif.-based Javeo Corporation, who claims his company has been run over not once, but twice-first by Google, and most recently by Sun Microsystems. Anders co-founded Anders says on PassingNotes. The overlap with Gmail can be chalked up to bad luck as well as bad timing. Similar fates have awaited other asks Anders. "We're a 2-man company with 2,800 pound gorillas sitting on our shoulders. I'm not sure how much longer we can hold out." But Carpe, a feisty one it looks like, has high hopes for Javeo's chances. "It takes a big man to cry, but it takes an even bigger man to laugh at that man crying, and that man crying is going to be Sun, not Javeo," Carpe predicted to Murdok. While Carpe is optimistic for Javeo's future, Anders told Murdok the future looks bleak for his company. "Given Sun's legal might and recent increase in frequency of harassing letters that threaten immediate legal action if we do not cease and desist, we have, in fact, modified the Javeo Web site to stop accepting applicants. We do not believe that they have a legal leg to stand on, but we will most likely have to tear down the Javeo web site because we do not have the resources to fight them in court," said Anders. Sun Microsystems and Google could not be reached for comment.
Upstart Struggles With 2,800 lb Gorillas
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