There was a rumor of that happening a while back. Maybe at $4 a share we
should snatch some stock just in case :-)
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[mailto:midrange-nontech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Murphy, Guy
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 10:31 AM
To: Non-Technical Discussion about the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: RE: Sun: A CEO's Last Stand (?)
I think the argument would be that the competition is between
companies and not their tools. If Solaris does go open source as Linux did,
everyone would have access to the same tools. IBM could argue that would
increase competition and not decrease it. To make the case more solid IBM
would have to agree to make Java open source as well, as it has asked Sun to
do.
I just feel that IBM has made a great investment in Java. I guess
it depends on the licensing agreement IBM has with Sun but if Sun goes
belly-up and Java falls into someone else's hands, those hands better be
IBM's.
Guy Murphy
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UADIS at the University of Illinois
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