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Software Companies - Merge or Die?
pillageplunder writes "This article in Businessweek points out that large software companies like Siebel, BMC and Veritas are all warning that 2nd quarter results would be lower, and predicts a shakeout. According to the article, 'Investment bankers say half of the sector's 600 publicly traded companies are likely to be eliminated.' Ouch!"
Oh...wait....
It is more than just BSD who is dying!
Learning HOW to think is more important than learning WHAT to think.
This interweb thing was fun while it lasted.
Salut!
Could Microsoft please be one of those that dies?
...Please?
My god this man can Spin! Sirrah, have you ever considered a career in political campaign management?
George Bush said the economy is recovering...
...I thought it already burst.
:D
Well there goes my retirement! Oh well, they say the minute you stop working, you are on the fast lane to fertilizer
At least we're keeping Pud busy... ;)
std::disclaimer<std::legalese> sig=new std::disclaimer; sig->dump(); delete sig;
Excellent idea actually.
Of course, that presents the problem of getting a couple billion.
That part is easy. All we do is conquer (liberate) some rouge nations in the middle east, and sell their oil. It will be morally justifiable if they are in the Axis of Evil.
Mass isn't Socialist. A friend of mine has a carry permit in Mass. You just have to be able to prove that you're sane and have a reason to carry a gun. Fortunately, that excludes you Live Free or Die redneck, tax-avoiding, right-wing, NRA loons.
Maybe you could start an attitude readjustment cement shovel company ? ;)
May contain traces of nut.
Made from the freshest electrons.
Hardware, too, will be "open sourced" when molecular manufacturing "replicators" are as common as the computer-on-every-desktop (in less than 20 years).
Molecular manufacturing replicators... sounds cool! I'll go out and buy one as soon as my robot servant comes back with my flying car.
-a
I think it's too early to be calling for the computer industry to consolidate. Consolidation generally occurs when companies run out of innovation and they revert to increasing profits by monopolization (or oligopolization) of their industries. The computer industry still has a long way to go. Some sectors may see consolidation (PC manufacturing, semiconductors, etc) but a large portion of it is still in its infancy.
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