Comments on: IBM Is Indeed Eyeing Sun (Finally!) http://kara.allthingsd.com/20090318/ibm-is-indeed-eyeing-sun-as-boomtown-predicted/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sam Harrison http://kara.allthingsd.com/20090318/ibm-is-indeed-eyeing-sun-as-boomtown-predicted/#comment-9216 Sam Harrison Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:15:36 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/?p=11051#comment-9216 sun's value is in mysql and java, as well as support contracts btw: a longtime ago here on allthings i said twitter's business plan was to be acquired by google... sun’s value is in mysql and java, as well as support contracts

btw: a longtime ago here on allthings i said twitter’s business plan was to be acquired by google…

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]]> By: Mac Beach http://kara.allthingsd.com/20090318/ibm-is-indeed-eyeing-sun-as-boomtown-predicted/#comment-9198 Mac Beach Wed, 18 Mar 2009 23:06:53 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/?p=11051#comment-9198 I was at a users meeting where people were claiming they could run Sun software in emulation mode on IBM mainframes and get better speed and reliability. They were petitioning Sun to officially sanction this. IBM mainframes have become essentially card cages for just about any type of processor (including Intel) which can be mixed and matched every which way. You can run virtual versions of just about any system side by side, and if you actually have a processor card for the target architecture the "emulation" becomes real-time. Merger with Sun will certainly simplify the playing field. Just in time for Cisco to enter and mess it up again. Get out the popcorn. I was at a users meeting where people were claiming they could run Sun software in emulation mode on IBM mainframes and get better speed and reliability. They were petitioning Sun to officially sanction this.

IBM mainframes have become essentially card cages for just about any type of processor (including Intel) which can be mixed and matched every which way. You can run virtual versions of just about any system side by side, and if you actually have a processor card for the target architecture the “emulation” becomes real-time.

Merger with Sun will certainly simplify the playing field. Just in time for Cisco to enter and mess it up again.

Get out the popcorn.

]]> By: Eric Welch http://kara.allthingsd.com/20090318/ibm-is-indeed-eyeing-sun-as-boomtown-predicted/#comment-9189 Eric Welch Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:45:50 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/?p=11051#comment-9189 Well, I hope that puts to end the rumors Sun is going to buy Apple, when the opposite would be more feasible, economically. And give Apple an entré into the enterprise. And no, I'm not suggesting that, so don't go spreading rumors. Shoot, Steve Jobs could probably buy Sun by himself. Well, I hope that puts to end the rumors Sun is going to buy Apple, when the opposite would be more feasible, economically. And give Apple an entré into the enterprise.

And no, I’m not suggesting that, so don’t go spreading rumors.

Shoot, Steve Jobs could probably buy Sun by himself.

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]]> By: Kara Swisher http://kara.allthingsd.com/20090318/ibm-is-indeed-eyeing-sun-as-boomtown-predicted/#comment-9176 Kara Swisher Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:54:09 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/?p=11051#comment-9176 Typo! Fixed. Relax, Rock. Typo! Fixed. Relax, Rock.

]]> By: Rock Lemon http://kara.allthingsd.com/20090318/ibm-is-indeed-eyeing-sun-as-boomtown-predicted/#comment-9175 Rock Lemon Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:18:28 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/?p=11051#comment-9175 "$6.5 million as a possibility, a 100 percent premium" What is it with journalists and units ? I think IBM would be betting a bargain. JAVA is worth 1000 X more than that. “$6.5 million as a possibility, a 100 percent premium”

What is it with journalists and units ?

I think IBM would be betting a bargain.

JAVA is worth 1000 X more than that.

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