Joshua Marinacci wrote: > So after three weeks not a single person has reported any verifiable > facts. So much for modern journalism. I thought there was a time when > the New York Times and Wall Street Journal didn't print rumors. Maybe they haven't printed rumors. Maybe they really did have inside information? We don't really know. All I do know is that if these talks really were happening, the SEC would have to know about it. I'm sure the SEC would be interested in who was leaking or who created the rumor assuming no talks.
On another note, I'm trying to figure out the ramifications. First, a complex deal like this one isn't going to happen over night. It may take months before anything would be announced. If it were to happen it would be a huge culture clash. I can get just about any detail I want from Sun where as IBM is a vault. Sun has fostered a eco-system in which I can easily operate in where as IBM hasn't. So having a *deal* fall through isn't disappointing from that point of view. However, the market is going to punish Sun for not getting the deal done, real or imagined... and that is going to smart for a while. Sun doesn't need more hurting put on them. Regards, Kirk > > On Apr 5, 2009, at 11:44 PM, Jan Goyvaerts wrote: > >> CNBC announced it too. >> >> http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/05/2314207&from=rss >> <http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/05/2314207&from=rss> >> >> On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 5:32 AM, kirk <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> >> Bill Robertson wrote: >> > Maybe not... >> > >> > >> >> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/06/technology/business-computing/06blue.html?_r=2 >> > >> > On Apr 2, 10:24 pm, ad <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> > >> >> Well it's all but official: >> >> >> >> >> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/03/technology/business-computing/03blu... >> >> >> > > >> > >> > >> Do you have an open URL to the story? Posting an NY Times >> requires a login. >> >> Regards, >> Kirk >> >> >> >> >> >> >> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
