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

[Richard B. Gilbert]

Lee Witten wrote:
> 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.  <snip>

IBM has always understood the value of research!

H-P used to when it was younger.  They've been poisoned by ink and 
toner!  Grab an easy buck. . . .

The trouble is that ANYBODY can make and sell ink and toner.  R&D is a 
little tougher!