RE: Sun: A CEO's Last Stand (?)

        Probably true.  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.  Plus, with reports that Sun is planning to open source Solaris, wouldn't 
that weaken an anti-trust case?

Guy Murphy
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-----Original Message-----
From: Walden H. Leverich [mailto:WaldenL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 9:13 AM
To: Non-Technical Discussion about the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: RE: Sun: A CEO's Last Stand (?)


>I've often wondered why IBM does not buy Sun.

I would imagine that the anti-trust regulators would have a thing or two
to say about that. AIX and Solaris are two major unix competitors. To
move them under one roof would probably not fly.

-Walden

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