Linked by Amjith Ramanujam on Wed 27th Aug 2008 17:09 UTC, submitted by stonyandcher
Dropping profits and stock prices have analysts speculating that Sun could be a target for either acquisition or a restructuring in which the company would sell off parts of the business and focus on a smaller set of technologies. In a July 31 report, the 451 Group analyst firm raised the possibility of Sun being acquired: 'Sun's sunken stock price creates a relative bargain considering its roughly $4 billion cash on hand, sizeable intellectual property and patent portfolio, and of course, its respected technology and products'.
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"Dropping profits and stock prices have analysts speculating that Sun could be a target for either acquisition or a restructuring..."
stupid analysts maybe. aquisition no, restructuring, possibly. If you look at Sun's recent moves like buying up MySQL and VirtualBox and what they are doing with open sourcing a lot of their stuff that are just shifting in a newer direction. their old business modle wasn't working, same with IBM and others who were big server companies.
So will Sun be bought by someone else, no, to think so would be rediculous. But it has been clear now for over a year that they are changing direction a bit from their older business model and that takes time to get settled and pull in a true profit.
The economy is tough for everyone right now, when it turns around Sun will bounce back, these slupms just happen. economics 101.
Edited 2008-08-27 17:32 UTC