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

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <grdi1o$c22$00$1 at news.t-online.com>,
	Michael Kraemer <M.Kraemer at gsi.de> writes:
> Bill Gunshannon schrieb:
>> In article <grc9sc$saq$00$2 at news.t-online.com>,
>> 	Michael Kraemer <M.Kraemer at gsi.de> writes:
>> 
>>>JF Mezei schrieb:
>>>
>>>>BTW: BBC now reports that talks between IBM and Sun may have broken down.
>>>
>>>which could be bad news for Sun technology because now
>>>a certain Wintel company called HP or maybe even M$
>>>could step in.
>> 
>> 
>> Why?  Do you think HP is going to offer more per sahre than IBM did?
> 
> well, I sneaked into Sun/Solaris NGs and the people there were
> not amused to be eaten by Sun's longtime favorite enemy

Yes, but who cares what Usenet thinks?  Have you watched their stock today.

> (the AIX community didn't even take note, BTW).
> Then they were sort of happy the takeover might not happen.
> Which is rather short-sighted, since it may turn out even
> worse, s.a.
> 
>> Not likely.  The thing to do now is to watch the market.  If the stock
>> goes up breaking down talks was a good idea.  If the stock goes down
>> they will be back a tthe bargaining table pretty quick.
> 
> The stock tanked.
 
Yeah, I'll bet that $9-$10 a share looks pretty good about now. :-)

bill

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