[Info-vax] OT: IBM to buy Sun

[IanMiller]

On Mar 18, 2:21 pm, never+m... at panix.com.invalid (Michael Roach)
wrote:
> TIME Magazine Person of the Year for 2006 Bill Pechter
>
> <pech... at bandit.pechter.dyndns.org.pechter.dyndns.org> wrote:
> >In article <op.uqzk35s7hv4... at murphus.hsd1.ca.comcast.net>,
> >Tom Linden <t... at kednos.company> wrote:
> >>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123735970806267921.html
>
> >>--
> >>PL/I for OpenVMS
> >>www.kednos.com
>
> >Only the strong survive.  Sun's never managed to capitalize on the purchase
> >of Storage Tek et. al. and the opening up of Solaris as Open Source.
>
> I'd always hoped that IBM would scrounge for spare change in their lobby
> couches, buy SCO, and open UNIX.
> --
> A neighbor came to Nasrudin, asking to borrow his donkey.  "It is out
> on loan," the teacher replied.  At that moment, the donkey brayed
> loudly inside the stable.  "But I can hear it bray, over there."  "Whom
> do you believe," asked Nasrudin, "me or a donkey?"



Another point  of view is that Sun started this rumour to get a better
price  from another buyer.
See http://seekingalpha.com/article/126581-ibm-interested-in-sun-a-flaming-red-herring

what have Sun got that is not opensource?