[geeks] Sun a possible takeover target - rumours

[Lionel Peterson]

--- "Michael A. Turner" <mturner at whro.org> wrote:
> Now to the geekly discussion. Which would be worse as a purchaser of
> sun? Would it be HP because they would gut the hardware and destroy
> it ala the Alpha, or Microsoft because they would destroy the
operating
> system?

Neither are likely buyers - HP can't absorb them/justify the expense
now, and M$ has no reason to (they already have a REAL BIG pile of
cash)...

But, I like to think about Apple/Sun merger, but even that is
unlikely...

My vote? SGI!


=====
Lionel

"Nothing would please me more than being able to hire ten
programmers and deluge the hobby market with good software"
Bill Gates, in "An OpenLetter to Hobbyists" dated February 3, 1976

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