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U.S. Approves IBM/Lenovo Sale

Posted by timothy on from the nipple-mouse-now-unamerican dept.

MartinB writes with the "Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) review result: unanimous approval for the sale to go ahead, with no further external approvals needed. No compromises were required over the location of Lenovo facilities in sensitive research areas, nor were limits put on Lenovo's ability to sell PCs to U.S. agencies."

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  1. IBM Hardware by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    What will become of the beloved Thinkpads? Will Lenovo continue to maintain the same level of quality that IBM has?

    More interestingly, I'd be interested to see if IBM started producing affordable powerpc laptops and desktops running Linux. It seems Microsoft can no longer wield the Windows tax against IBM.

  2. What does IBM know that we don't? by Locke2005 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Does this deal leave IBM free to persue building a new PC based on Cell Processor and/or PowerPC technology, instead of the increasingly less efficient x86? If so, selling off the trailing edge x86 business would just be a smart business move, wouldn't it?

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