>But I think that IBM could make the case that the real competition
>is not between AIX and Solaris but between Microsoft and everyone else.
Does this mean that MS could buy Borland claiming that the "real
competition" is between Java and the rest of the programming languages?
If your statement is true, that the real competition is between MS and
everyone else, allowing "everyone else" to consolidate into "only IBM"
is just as bad for competition as allowing the two primary unix vendors
to consolidate.
-Walden
PS. What's wrong with a company that issues a 35-billion dollar
dividend, buys back 35-billion in stock and still have 25 billion in the
bank? <G>
PPS. Um, MS is giving back to shareholders as much money as Congress
allocated for the war in Iraq -- I'm not sure which scares me more. <G>
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(Whatever is said in Latin seems profound.)
