<OT> maybe not good for Virtual Box

[Lonni J Friedman]

On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 10:00 AM, Leon Goldstein
<metapsych at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Lonni J Friedman wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 8:32 AM, Terence <terence.john at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> 2009/3/18 Lonni J Friedman <netllama at gmail.com>:
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm praying that IBM acquires SUN and then shuts them down.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Why, Lonni? I'm just curious.
>>>
>>
>> Because Sun hasn't done anything useful or innovative in over a
>> decade.  Everything they've touched has withered & died.
>>
>>
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>>
>
> I don't have a dog in this fight, i.e. don't own shares in either IBM or
> SUN.  I suspect this is what is refered to in ancient military texts as a
> "demonstration in front of the enemy."  Corporations these days are very
> wary of shareholders'  agitation and  fears, so I suspect this is a
>  "demonstration" by IBM to see if there is a way to energize stock
> purchases.  The report's mentioning that these talks could break off at any
> time suggests to me this is somewhat short of serious at this point.

Every leaked merger/buyout rumor from the past decade has gone down
this path.  I fail to see how SUN+IBM Is different.



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