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HP To Acquire 3com For $2.7 Billion

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the getting-bigger dept.

An anonymous reader writes "HP and 3Com Corporation today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which HP will purchase 3Com, a leading provider of networking switching, routing and security solutions, at a price of $7.90 per share in cash or an enterprise value of approximately $2.7 billion. The terms of the transaction have been approved by the HP and 3Com boards of directors."

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  1. Joy by EkriirkE · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I can't wait for 500MB driver packages, 234454 running background processes and 7 tray icons required to configure the hardware.

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