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

[Lee Witten]

Michael Kraemer <M.Kraemer at gsi.de> wrote in
news:grc9sc$saq$00$2 at news.t-online.com: 
> JF Mezei schrieb:
>> BTW: BBC now reports that talks between IBM and Sun may have broken
>> down. 
> 
> which could be bad news for Sun technology because now
> a certain Wintel company called HP or maybe even M$
> could step in.
> 

It'd be a shame to see Sun swallowed up by a company
so averse to funding R&D like HP.  Last figures I saw
said IBM spends about twice as much on R&D as a 
percent of revenue as does HP.  Chats I've had with
senior engineers still at HP confirm to my satisfaction
that HP's senior would be damn glad to outsource all R&D 
to Intel.