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Beware the antitrust agency backlash
If the attempted Oracle buyout of Peoplesoft raised a few objections with the US DOJ and FTC then this would send the antitrust folks into an apoplectic fit. Sun swallowing Novell would even overshadow Microsoft's talks of buying SAP.

Sun, after signing an agreement with Microsoft which include clauses which could limit competition between each party ...
http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2004-04/sunflash.20040402.3.html
..., then elects to purchase the vendor of one of the few competitors to Microsoft's desktops and file/print/identity servers.

The IT world cannot be treated as if it was a game of the boardgame RISK, for IT to remain healthy and competitively priced to the consumer, there must be sincere choice and real competition.
Posted by: David Mohring   Posted on: 08/02/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Achilles heel with this  Linux User 147560 | 08/02/04
But Novell possibly holds the IP  balsover | 08/02/04
Beware the antitrust agency backlash  David Mohring | 08/02/04
Sun, there's plenty of Linux to go around!  Xunil_Sierutuf | 08/02/04
Sun mulls buying Novell  Loverock Davidson | 08/02/04
Just so...  Outside T. Box | 08/02/04
IBM's own Linux distribution?  Anton Philidor | 08/02/04
happy  Martin Marvinski | 08/02/04
i really hate to say this, but i agree with loverock  Monkey_MCSE | 08/02/04
happy (NT)  Loverock Davidson | 08/02/04
Netware is an OS? (NT)  Spoon Jabber | 08/02/04
guess i should have said NOS(NT)  Monkey_MCSE | 08/02/04
Bad for consumers  Tim Patterson | 08/02/04
Message has been deleted.  Enterprise. Analyst | 08/02/04
Ok Analyst, you got me wondering:  B.O.F.H. | 08/02/04
Yes, level 3 diagnostics! (NT)  Spoon Jabber | 08/02/04
Novell grasping for straws with defunct Suse  Enterprise. Analyst | 08/02/04
you must be kidding..  Monkey_MCSE | 08/02/04
Poor example.  Anton Philidor | 08/02/04
I was showing the money gained by a linux dist.  Monkey_MCSE | 08/02/04
Novell grasping for straws????  jgroetsema@... | 08/02/04
Message has been deleted.  Enterprise. Analyst | 08/02/04
Off topic  balsover | 08/02/04
Well, so much for Novell future  FilledOut | 08/02/04
Skitso Sun Will Never Make Up Its Mind  claytonmuhler | 08/02/04
Given the coming patent problems...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/02/04
Maybe they should buy RedHat too while they're at it  sujai.nath@... | 08/02/04
Good suggestion!  Anton Philidor | 08/02/04
This is not about Linux but UNIX and  Kamakazii | 08/02/04
More than just Linux  Manxster | 08/02/04
It;'s not just about Linux  grumpy2 | 08/03/04

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