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ovvldc
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 7:09 am    Post subject: Big Blue

IBM is apparently in talks to acquire Sun Microsystems.

Any thoughts?

Best wishes,
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MacRat
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 9:33 am    Post subject:

A bit early for thoughts. First IBM would have to buy Sun. Second IBM would have to make announcements on what they plan to do with the open source properties.

THEN there would be thoughts. Wink
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human
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 9:55 am    Post subject:

MacRat wrote:
A bit early for thoughts. First IBM would have to buy Sun. Second IBM would have to make announcements on what they plan to do with the open source properties.

THEN there would be thoughts. Wink


That may be, but it hasn't stopped the pundits at various news outlets. Here's an interesting bit of speculation from eWeek:

"IBM could license Solaris under the GNU GPL (General Public License) while reserving the right to distribute Solaris code under proprietary licenses as well—an option that, in the case of its OpenOffice.org-based Symphony productivity suite, proved appealing enough to prompt IBM to base Symphony on an aged, but more liberally licensable, version of OpenOffice.org.

As the steward of Sun's StarOffice, IBM could seed the open-source community while reserving for itself the freedom to cut separate licensing arrangements.... There's no telling exactly what the result of such a series of IBM open-source moves would be, but it seems clear that the open-source community would be richer for the combination."

Read the full article at: http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Linux-and-Open-Source/eWEEK-Labs-on-IBMSun-OpenSource-Community-Would-Win-453473/
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MacRat
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 11:13 am    Post subject:

eWeek should never be confused with news. Wink
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sardisson
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 1:12 pm    Post subject:

human wrote:
Here's an interesting bit of speculation from eWeek:

"IBM could license Solaris under the GNU GPL (General Public License) while reserving the right to distribute Solaris code under proprietary licenses as well

Sun already does essentially that; OpenSolaris is CDDL-licensed (which is GPL-compatible-enough for there to be GNU userland/Solaris kernel distros out there) with a JCA.

...Which lends further credence to MacRat's statement about eWeek Razz

Smokey

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ovvldc
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 3:24 am    Post subject:

Just an update. They seem to be getting closer to a deal, according to the IHT

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 11:20 pm    Post subject:

If IBM is smart, I suspect they should be buying Sun to essentially get cheap access to their IP. I actually think a different company would be a better fit overall as Sun and IBM have lots of overlapping product lines. The HP/Compaq merger was on a similar scale, and they've really yet to transition to a single solution. I think out of all of their unicies only the older DEC Alpha and Tru64 have really gone away...everything else is still a hodgepodge. I think IBM probably could execute better, but who knows Smile

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 9:09 am    Post subject:

OPENSTEP wrote:
The HP/Compaq merger was on a similar scale, and they've really yet to transition to a single solution. I think out of all of their unicies only the older DEC Alpha and Tru64 have really gone away...everything else is still a hodgepodge. I think IBM probably could execute better, but who knows Smile

Which one are you going to kill, AIX or Solaris? Razz

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PostPosted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 8:42 pm    Post subject:

Well, back around 94 there was a PowerPC based Solaris kernel...

But after Sunday's news I don't think it matters much any longer Wink

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yoxi
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 1:49 am    Post subject:

From the Tuesday IT PRO Newsletter: 'IBM specifically still appears keen to open up its coiffeurs and make a play for Sun Microsystems.'

So following the merger, we can expect massive across-the-board crew cuts Sad

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Dragonfly14
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 2:14 am    Post subject:

Yoxi wrote:
So following the merger, we can expect massive across-the-board crew cuts.

Naahhh, this is called value adding.
A free Pompadour with every download. (Careful now, the word has two meanings !)

Hooroo..

P.S. Glad to see you finally managed to get away from the 400m border proximity, Yoxi.
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yoxi
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 3:16 am    Post subject:

Um - so what's a pompadour when it's not a hairstyle, dare I ask? Aye, finally made it to the Mendips, now living only two miles away from the fabled village of Nempnett Thrubwell.

Hooroo to yoo too

- padmavyuha
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ovvldc
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 9:38 am    Post subject:

When someone mentions a Pompadour, I tend to think of Sophia Myles. Quite happy with that, too..

-Oz

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yoxi
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 10:12 am    Post subject:

Yes, she is a beautiful being. Though David Tennant gives her a run for her money...
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 5:23 am    Post subject: And the spoils go to Oracle?

It now appears that Oracle will be the buyer....

Should be interesting to see what Oracle does with the open source projects.
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