Re: how is IBM i affected by acquisition of Sun?

I think the ownership of Java could be real significant. Currently, MSFT has
no competition in the comprehensive language and run time framework space.
With the proper investment in Java, coding Linux apps could be as easy as
writing .NET apps on Windows. The hope is that IBM becomes the language
provider for Linux, competing against Microsoft's languages for windows.



On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 6:12 PM, Elvis Budimlic <
ebudimlic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

And:

- Cloud computing (latest buzzword and Sun is quite prominent here)
- Counter Cisco's move to servers (Internet companies were Sun's bread and
butter)

But I'm with Scott, we just need to follow the money to deduce their
motivation. IBM has cash to spend, so why not.

Elvis

Celebrating 11-Years of SQL Performance Excellence on IBM i, i5/OS and
OS/400
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-----Original Message-----
Subject: Re: how is IBM i affected by acquisition of Sun?

1. Customer base.
2. SPARC technology.
3. Control over Java.
4. Annoy Oracle.

On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 3:59 PM, Scott Klement
<midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

My gut instinct... IBM isn't buying Sun to get control of the
technology, but rather because IBM thinks it'll look good to the
stockholders.

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