Why Apple and Microsoft are suddenly playing nice

Apple and Microsoft were founded less than a year apart in the mid-1970s. In the following years the companies went through multiple cycles of partnership and discord. Microsoft's surprise on-stage presence at an Apple media event last week demonstrated just how cordial things have again become as the two tech giants are seemingly pleased to be in each other's good graces.The companies' shared future in the enterprise market in large part fuels this renewed spirit of compromise. And the software