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Author:
Mark Dixon
Monday, March 30, 2009
2:01 am
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"With IBM rumored to have made a $6.5 billion buyout offer for Sun Microsystems, it appears the company that coined the phrase “The Network is the Computer†is in play. But no one should allow IBM to walk away with Sun — which is still rich with talent, technology and engineering chops — at that price. All IBM would do is sell it off in pieces and keep a few jewels for itself, essentially eliminating a competitor. Everything else is codeine-influenced pillow talk."
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I really hope that this doesn’t happen or at least that the software business remains an independant entity. Hardware is much of a muchness nowadays but there are many diamonds in Sun’s software portfolio (Solaris, ZFS, DTrace, MySQL, SIM, Java&FX).
Thanks for stopping by. I agree that Sun is full of diamonds. Hopefully, we will be able to leverage that rich set of assets to the full extent.
Mark,
Thanks for mentioning Twitdom in this post. Highly appreciated!
Anuj:
You are most welcome.
Thanks, for stopping by.
Mark
lasr few weeks i got the message in IBM buy SUN.. If its genuine messages..?.. please reply anyone.
Muthuraja:
The Wall Street Journal and other publications reported that IBM was negotiating to buy Sun, but there has been no official word from either company.