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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. IBM's past mistakes MADE it what it is today by qurob · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Besides the Windows franchise, there are a lot of things that IBM would rather not have repeat themselves. Not buying MS-DOS when it had the chance. Allowing the cloning of PCs.

    Had they bought up DOS, someone else would have made an OS and did a better job marketing/monopolizing it. (Microsoft?)

    Had they not allowed the cloning of PC's, Apple would still have a chance, or Amiga, or whoever..

    IBM's were all over the business market with the XT, but once the clones invaded, they lowered prices, and eliminated all the other competeting architectures.

    They basically made Microsoft, at least made their market.