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WSJ: IBM in Talks to Buy Sun Microsystems

Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 18th Mar 2009 11:48 UTC, submitted by PLan

In a move that would certainly shake up the computer industry quite a bit, IBM is reportedly in talks with Sun Microsystems about the possibility of IBM acquiring Sun. Sun is going through hard times at the moment, and has been actively looking for someone to be acquired by.

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Palm and Be, Inc.

by s_groening on Wed 18th Mar 2009 13:09 UTC in reply to "RE[2]: Will OpenSolaris survive?"

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2005-12-13

Maybe BeOS but not BeIA, the internet appliances platform that Be had been developing.

If it wasn't for that, Be would have nothing to offer Palm at the time, I'm sure.

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RE: Palm and Be, Inc. - BeOS

by jabbotts on Wed 18th Mar 2009 13:41 in reply to "Palm and Be, Inc."

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2007-09-06

I thought an inidan company had since or previously also gotten writes to develop BeOS.

Oh well, with Haiku, it's kind of a; "the King is dead, long live the King"

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RE[2]: Palm and Be, Inc. - BeOS

by bryanv on Wed 18th Mar 2009 14:35 in reply to "RE: Palm and Be, Inc. - BeOS"

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2005-08-26

I think that was the GoBe productive suite.

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