Linked by David Adams on Wed 2nd Jul 2008 19:09 UTC, submitted by WillM
"IBM has just announced it is Platform Solutions, Inc. (PSI), its small but most significant competitor. PSI is/was a small mainframe manufacturer that had sued IBM over the same anticompetitive practices in Europe and New York.
The Computer & Communications Industry Association sees this as a clear attempt by IBM to purchase a company solely to foreclose competition in the mainframe marketplace, protecting IBM's cash cow at the expense of consumers. This acquisition should be a cause of concern for competition authorities throughout the world." Update: more discussion on this story here
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2008-07-02
I suppose you want to ignore the fact, well documented in the various court filings, that PSI had in its possession IBM restricted documentation, illegally transferred to PSI during their acquisition of the old Amdahl holdings.
IBM was lawfully protecting their intellectual property.
The acquisition of PSI is nothing more than a matter of cost savings vs. a protracted legal fight, which PSI had no chance of winning.