Why IBM Needs Sun

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Apr 8, 2009 2:37 PM EDT
Technology Review ; By Robert X. Cringley 		Mail this story
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After weeks of private negotiations, IBM was poised to buy rival Sun Microsystems for a reported $7 billion. Negotiations apparently broke down on Sunday when Sun's board rejected a reduced offer. But beyond allowing IBM to reclaim from Hewlett-Packard the title of world's biggest computer company, why would the company even want Sun, a sprawling Unix vendor that has struggled for years to even show a profit? The answer, according to insiders at both companies, lies in Sun's intellectual property.

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