[ale] IBM to buy SUN?

[Jeff Lightner]

Just saw this story:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090318/bs_nm/us_sunmicro_ibm;_ylt=Asy3_ioAm
GS3ZZfJbtgbxGNZ.3QA

 

Interesting idea given IBM already makes AIX and Sun makes Solaris.

 

It's also interesting that they seem to lump all server sales together
(CISC/RISC) in their market share calculation.   From everything I've
seen Sun still has the lion's share of the UNIX market.

 

Given IBM's push of Linux I wonder if they'll abandon OpenSolaris after
a takeover.
 
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