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

[Arne Vajhøj]

Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> In article <49e7ce0b$0$90272$14726298 at news.sunsite.dk>,
> 	=?ISO-8859-15?Q?Arne_Vajh=F8j?= <arne at vajhoej.dk> writes:
>> Tom Linden wrote:
>>> On Thu, 16 Apr 2009 06:57:35 -0700, Michael Kraemer <M.Kraemer at gsi.de> 
>>> wrote:
>>>> Bill Gunshannon schrieb:
>>>>> Why?  Do you think HP is going to offer more per sahre than IBM did?
>>>>> 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.
>>>> and here we go:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601204&sid=a_Cd1zoHX4cs
>>> Out of date
>>> http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/42048/118/
>> But does IBM really mean it?
>>
>> I find it hard to believe that the regulatory situation has
>> changed so much in a couple of weeks.
>>
>> Maybe they are also just playing hard to get.
> 
> I expect they really mean it.  Why play hard to get?  Based on the current
> value of Sun Stock they could offer much less for it.  As I said earlier,
> I really don't see what IBM was going to get out of buying Sun but
> considering its two main assets would be worthless to IBM and probably
> dumped, I can see the potential for regulator scrutiny.

But why were IBM interested the first time ??

Arne