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Is IBM on a Strategic Path to Control Java?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the chin-scrathing-speculation dept.

nightspd writes "David Berlind of Cnet has written a series of articles over at ZDNet about IBM's return to market dominance, including this one titled When Will IBM Buy Sun? It's a VERY interesting read and a very interesting predition, and poses a question. With the mega-merger of Compaq and Hewlett-Packard going forward, can we expect other possible mega-mergers down the line in the tech arena? Is a IBM buyout of Sun possible and/or viable?"

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  1. Re:IBM buying SUN ? Not likely... by Tower · · Score: 5, Informative

    Actually, TI was fabbing the UltraSPARC IIIs (check out the news items about the L2 cache issues, etc)...

    In fact, TI has fabbed for Sun since 1988... you can find it in the press releases on Sun's site, or google for it.

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    "It's tough to be bilingual when you get hit in the head."
  2. Re:I have the way out by jallen02 · · Score: 5, Informative

    linux-kernel.tk = goatse, you have been warned.

  3. IBM is *already* bigger than MS by dustpuppy · · Score: 5, Informative

    IBM doesn't need to merge with Sun to be bigger than MS - they already are.

    They earn more money than MS, they have more employees, located in more countries, sell more products ... there is simply no comparison.