IBM to buy Sun?

[unixronin]

It is reported that IBM is in negotiation to buy Sun Microsystems.

So, let's see....

Sun gets:

• The technical and financial backing of a strong company that still understands the value of serious computer hardware (as compared to rebadged lowest-bidder x86 PCs)
• Access to IBM's patent portfolio
• Access to POWER processors

IBM gets:

• Sun's customer base
• The expertise behind Java, ZFS, and the still-strong SPARC architecture
• The opportunity to metaphorically stick a finger in the eye of the revenant corpse of HP

Sounds like win-win to me.

Comments

[smandal.livejournal.com]

At first this didn't strike me as a super-great deal for IBM.

But, I think you hit on the key here: expertise. Sun doesn't have a growth market for its engineering achievements, but IBM does. Unlike when Compaq bought DEC, I think IBM will know what to do with its new personnel and intellectual property assets.

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