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OT: IBM to buy Sun
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Bill Pechter
2009-03-18 12:18:44 UTC
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Only the strong survive. Sun's never managed to capitalize on the purchase
of Storage Tek et. al. and the opening up of Solaris as Open Source.

We'll see how the HP vs. IBM battle goes.

My money's on NetApp as being another target for someone.

Bill
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never+ (Michael Roach)
2009-03-18 14:21:18 UTC
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TIME Magazine Person of the Year for 2006 Bill Pechter
Post by Bill Pechter
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123735970806267921.html
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Only the strong survive. Sun's never managed to capitalize on the purchase
of Storage Tek et. al. and the opening up of Solaris as Open Source.
I'd always hoped that IBM would scrounge for spare change in their lobby
couches, buy SCO, and open UNIX.
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loudly inside the stable. "But I can hear it bray, over there." "Whom
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IanMiller
2009-03-18 14:47:09 UTC
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Post by never+ (Michael Roach)
TIME Magazine Person of the Year for 2006 Bill Pechter
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123735970806267921.html
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PL/I for OpenVMS
www.kednos.com
Only the strong survive.  Sun's never managed to capitalize on the purchase
of Storage Tek et. al. and the opening up of Solaris as Open Source.
I'd always hoped that IBM would scrounge for spare change in their lobby
couches, buy SCO, and open UNIX.
--
A neighbor came to Nasrudin, asking to borrow his donkey.  "It is out
on loan," the teacher replied.  At that moment, the donkey brayed
loudly inside the stable.  "But I can hear it bray, over there."  "Whom
do you believe," asked Nasrudin, "me or a donkey?"
Another point of view is that Sun started this rumour to get a better
price from another buyer.
See http://seekingalpha.com/article/126581-ibm-interested-in-sun-a-flaming-red-herring

what have Sun got that is not opensource?
Richard B. Gilbert
2009-03-18 15:02:03 UTC
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Post by never+ (Michael Roach)
TIME Magazine Person of the Year for 2006 Bill Pechter
Post by Bill Pechter
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123735970806267921.html
--
PL/I for OpenVMS
www.kednos.com
Only the strong survive. Sun's never managed to capitalize on the purchase
of Storage Tek et. al. and the opening up of Solaris as Open Source.
I'd always hoped that IBM would scrounge for spare change in their lobby
couches, buy SCO, and open UNIX.
--
A neighbor came to Nasrudin, asking to borrow his donkey. "It is out
on loan," the teacher replied. At that moment, the donkey brayed
loudly inside the stable. "But I can hear it bray, over there." "Whom
do you believe," asked Nasrudin, "me or a donkey?"
Another point of view is that Sun started this rumour to get a better
price from another buyer.
See http://seekingalpha.com/article/126581-ibm-interested-in-sun-a-flaming-red-herring
what have Sun got that is not opensource?
Know how?
David J Dachtera
2009-03-19 01:29:26 UTC
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Post by Bill Pechter
Only the strong survive.
At the risk of starting an OT rant-fest, technically speaking, that's
not what Darwin said. Darwin said that those species best fit (most well
adapted) to their environment are likely to surivive. "Fittest" has been
misinterpreted as "most physically fit" rather than the original intent
of "most adaptively fit to the environment / circumstances". Arguably,
mammoths, dinosaurs, etc. were likely the "stongest" creatures of their
time, yet they perished when their environment no longer matched their
adaptations or otherwise became inhospitable.

That said, It's probably time to suggest that IBM also buy VMS and
Non-stop from HP. Then, they'll once again have a more-or-less "corner"
on the Enterprise computing market.

If they then ported both to Power, imagine the possibilities...

My /IMAGE backups would be done before I get the tapes MOUNTed!

D.J.D.
Michael Kraemer
2009-03-19 02:20:20 UTC
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Post by David J Dachtera
That said, It's probably time to suggest that IBM also buy VMS and
Non-stop from HP.
People suggesting IBM as a saviour for VMS seem to
forget what happened to OS/2.

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