[Info-vax] OT: IBM Offering $9-10 Per Share for Sun

[JF Mezei]

Michael Kraemer wrote:

> HP dumps HP-UX on itanic (and itanic altogether) and sells Solaris on x86
> IBM dumps AIX on Power and sells Solaris on Power (after having 
> incorporated some AIX goodies)

The way I see it:

HP announced alliance with Sun where HP will sell support services.
IBM buys Sun to get the Sun support revenus and prevent Sun customers
from buying support from HP.

If IBM and HP are duking it out in a pissing contest to see who has the
biggest support/service organ, then IBM buying Sun is a smart move
because it allows IBM to grow its member by 3" and prevent HP from
growing its.