[Info-vax] OT: IBM to buy Sun

[Richard B. Gilbert]

IanMiller wrote:
> 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?"
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> 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?

Know how?