Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 1798
From: Digest <deadmail>
To: "OS/2GenAu Digest"<deadmail>
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 00:00:37 AET-10EDT,10,1,0,7200,4,1,0,7200,3600

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Friday 20 March 2009
 Number  1798
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Subjects for today
 
1  Re:  IBM to buy SUN Microsystems ? : madodel <madodel at ptdprolog dot net>
2  Re:  IBM to buy SUN Microsystems ? : Simon Coulter <shc at flybynight dot com dot au>
3  Re:  IBM to buy SUN Microsystems ? : Chris Graham [WarpSpeed]" <chrisg at warpspeed dot com dot au>

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Date:  Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:16:00 -0400
From:  madodel <madodel at ptdprolog dot net>
Subject:  Re:  IBM to buy SUN Microsystems ?

Ian Manners wrote:
> Hi Ed,
> 
>> Just found this report ....
>> http://au.news.yahoo dot com/a/-/technology/5409450/ibm-talks-buy-sun-microsystems-report/
> 
> Someone has to do it so it might as well be IBM.
> 

Yes but does this mean the end of Java, VirtualBox and OpenOffice and who 
knows what else (anyone care about Solaris anymore?)?  Doubtful a problem 
on OO since it is an open source project, but IBM's history of buying 
companies and then you never see the products again is troubling.

Mark

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Date:  Fri, 20 Mar 2009 08:52:35 +1100
From:  Simon Coulter <shc at flybynight dot com dot au>
Subject:  Re:  IBM to buy SUN Microsystems ?

On 20/03/2009, at 1:16 AM, madodel wrote:

>
> Yes but does this mean the end of Java, VirtualBox and OpenOffice  
> and who knows what else (anyone care about Solaris anymore?)?   
> Doubtful a problem on OO since it is an open source project, but  
> IBM's history of buying companies and then you never see the  
> products again is troubling.

IBM are less guilty of that practice than Microsoft however Java is  
likely safe given how much of IBM's consulting business is built  
around it. Of more concern would be Glassfish and NetBeans both of  
which compete directly with IBM products. Other things like JavaFX vs.  
EGL and possibly Swing vs. SWT.

Regards,
Simon Coulter.
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Date:  Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:21:12 +1100 (EDT)
From:  "Chris Graham [WarpSpeed]" <chrisg at warpspeed dot com dot au>
Subject:  Re:  IBM to buy SUN Microsystems ?

On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:16:00 -0400, madodel wrote:

>Ian Manners wrote:
>> Hi Ed,
>> 
>>> Just found this report ....
>>> http://au.news.yahoo dot com/a/-/technology/5409450/ibm-talks-buy-sun-microsystems-report/
>> 
>> Someone has to do it so it might as well be IBM.
>> 
>
>Yes but does this mean the end of Java, VirtualBox and OpenOffice and who 
>knows what else (anyone care about Solaris anymore?)?  Doubtful a problem 
>on OO since it is an open source project, but IBM's history of buying 
>companies and then you never see the products again is troubling.

Somewhat premature talk.

I did wonder about the anti trust myself. MS will cry foul to leverage more
market share.

Java, absolutely not, IBM is too committed to it. 

VirtualBox, who knows

mySQL, probably not (but should), as the code is out there, by keeping it
alive they offer some semblance of steerage and control.

OO no. OO is being pushed more and more internally.

I'd argue that MS buys companies to bury them. IBM takes the best bits and
merges them into their own offerings either internally or still as a
produce in their own right.

-Chris

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