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RE: IBM's potential purchase of Sun: Here's why it makes sense
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Exciting!  linuser | 03/18/09
I don't get it.  Manny_Wacker | 03/18/09
Your Sparc point may have some validity....  vulpine@... | 03/18/09
ZFS is OS  morgande | 03/18/09
But SPARC does have better multithreading than Power.  914four | 03/18/09
ZFS / Apple  catmedia | 03/19/09
Problem is that Microsoft doesn't hold dominance  alaniane@... | 03/18/09
IBM knows from monopoly ...  Manny_Wacker | 03/18/09
Re: monopoly  catmedia | 03/19/09
cherry-picking  catmedia | 03/19/09
RE: IBM's potential purchase of Sun: Here's why it makes sense  green alien | 03/18/09
RE: IBM's potential purchase of Sun: Here's why it makes sense  phynix | 03/18/09
RE: IBM's potential purchase of Sun: Here's why it makes sense  am0s | 03/18/09
mySQL is Open SOurce, not free  914four | 03/18/09
mySQL  catmedia | 03/19/09
Not fun  Roger Ramjet | 03/18/09
Yes I agree.....  Christian_<>< | 03/18/09
The Fall of OSS as A Business  mikefarinha | 03/18/09
I wouldn't call Sun the biggest purveyor of OSS..  storm14k | 03/18/09
Sun IS the biggest OSS supplier in terms of revenue  914four | 03/18/09
Ouch .....  Linux_4u! | 03/18/09
I like it  Roger Ramjet | 03/18/09
RE: I like it  am0s | 03/18/09
What is your opinion or Nexenta?  B.O.F.H. | 03/18/09
That's what OpenSolaris is though...  Markx.Allen@... | 03/18/09
I think this could be their goal....  storm14k | 03/18/09
IBM already licenses Solaris  914four | 03/18/09
Well if they buy out Sun...  storm14k | 03/18/09
Seems like an expensive solution...  914four | 03/18/09
Makes Sense to Me  wallyton | 03/18/09
RE: IBM's potential purchase of Sun: Here's why it makes sense  DannyO_0x98 | 03/18/09
RE: IBM's potential purchase of Sun: Here's why it makes sense  jrp@... | 03/18/09
Wait 8-12 months and pick them up for 1 Billion  Johnny Vegas | 03/18/09
There's a good argument for this  Larry Dignan ZDNet Moderator | 03/18/09
I thinhk  wjarvis@... | 03/18/09
NOT superior  green alien | 03/18/09
SPARC has lots of potential  Manny_Wacker | 03/18/09
IBM is not that buttoned down  DougOfCBS ZDNet Moderator | 03/18/09
IBM should be focusing on a different aquisition to win market share  BillMc | 03/18/09
RE: IBM's potential purchase of Sun: Here's why it makes sense  dca@... | 03/18/09
EX-DEC now Sun...  closebydaytona@... | 03/18/09
I agree. SUN is a STAR in tech today. Like DEC was  nuno@... | 03/18/09
So True  obriens_tavern@... | 03/19/09
How about an Oracle / Sun deal?  Licinio | 03/18/09
RE: IBM's potential purchase of Sun: Here's why it makes sense  ravi@... | 03/18/09
Losing a competitive lever vs. IBM  Markx.Allen@... | 03/18/09
RE: IBM's potential purchase of Sun: Here's why it makes sense  Opinion09 | 03/18/09
Say No.. to IBM purchase of SUN...  thetruth_z | 03/18/09
Oh c'mon!  lostark98 | 03/18/09
If IBM can put Linux and OpenOffice on the desktop,  softwareFlunky | 03/18/09
Not reallty  rparker009 | 03/18/09
Or maybe they'll buy them back...  storm14k | 03/18/09
RE: IBM's potential purchase of Sun: Here's why it makes sense  KnowerOfThings | 03/18/09
RE: IBM's potential purchase of Sun: Here's why it makes sense  i1abnrk | 03/18/09
uh?  Eleutherios | 03/19/09
RE: IBM's potential purchase of Sun: Here's why it makes sense  chetan6 | 03/18/09
I REALLY hope this will NOT happen!!!  MrViklund | 03/18/09
SunIBM  rcbarr83@... | 03/18/09
Not a good business reason to not do it...  lostark98 | 03/18/09
They have a history though  catmedia | 03/19/09
no sir...  pgit | 03/18/09
RE: IBM's potential purchase of Sun: Here's why it makes sense  r_rosen | 03/18/09
Value in Sun's patent portfolio?  WiredGuy | 03/18/09
RE: IBM's potential purchase of Sun: Here's why it makes sense  MSFTWorshipper | 03/18/09
RE: IBM's potential purchase of Sun: Here's why it makes sense  mwagner@... | 03/18/09
But $8B is a lot of moola not well spent  Manny_Wacker | 03/18/09
Sun's OSS assets  Eleutherios | 03/19/09
RE: IBM's potential purchase of Sun: Here's why it makes sense  tymiles | 03/18/09
IBM, MS, HP hold too much dominance  Professor8 | 03/18/09
There is nothing but difference between these companies...  Spiritusindomit@... | 03/18/09
Lots of opinion...  lostark98 | 03/18/09
Re: IBM takeover of Sun  Daschmi | 03/19/09
If you wouldn't buy a pile of ****...  jackbond | 03/18/09
It will screw Oracle!  no nonsense | 03/18/09
And why?  Eleutherios | 03/19/09
Firefly fans know Blue Sun is evil  JGehrken | 03/18/09
Apple should buy Sun  z3r0_f4ct0r | 03/18/09
RE: IBM's potential purchase of Sun: Here's why it makes sense  scotth_z | 03/18/09
RE: IBM is all about open source, what a joke!  rwgreene | 03/19/09
RE: IBM's potential purchase of Sun: Here's why it makes sense  KnowerOfThings | 03/19/09
Not about tech monopoly, but market monopoly  Manny_Wacker | 03/19/09
What will happen to Virtual Box?!  obriens_tavern@... | 03/19/09
Dinosaurs at play..  tgilbert@... | 03/23/09
This hurts Microsoft Azure big time...  nerdville | 03/25/09
RE: IBM's potential purchase of Sun: Here's why it makes sense  etete | 06/30/09
RE: IBM's potential purchase of Sun: Here's why it makes sense  frew4 | 09/28/09
RE: IBM's potential purchase of Sun: Here's why it makes sense  kagyhelen | 10/26/09
RE: IBM's potential purchase of Sun: Here's why it makes sense  cjeschke | 11/13/09

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