Red Hat could be a target

Posted by dave on Dec 16, 2004 8:40 AM EDT
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Red Hat would make an attractive acquisition target for Sun Microsystems, an analyst wrote Wednesday, as the computer hardware maker tries to catch up with rivals. Sun missed the Linux movement, which Raleigh-based Red Hat led, as competitors such as IBM and Hewlett-Packard embraced it. Now the company, known for its powerful computer servers, must take bold steps to recover, Merrill Lynch analyst Steven Milunovich wrote in a report to investors.

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That would _have_ to be classed as a hostile takeover AnonymousCoward 3 1,640 Dec 17, 2004 4:36 PM
Who write this crap? cjcox 1 1,676 Dec 16, 2004 10:01 AM

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