http://jonontech.com/2009/03/18/total-eclipse-of-the-sun/ Confessions of a Paid Content Bastard Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:58:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://jonontech.com/2009/03/18/total-eclipse-of-the-sun/#comment-32 Rory Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:29:58 +0000 http://jonontech.wordpress.com/?p=114#comment-32 I guess the buy out of Sun by someone was inevitable given their slow demise over the last 10 years or so. 6.5 bn would have seemed a steal a decade ago but is top dollar now. It will be interesting to see which hardware or software vendors kick up a fuss about it or whether they had already written Sun off. I'd expect Dell to have a go at pinching it from under IBM's nose though. I guess the buy out of Sun by someone was inevitable given their slow demise over the last 10 years or so. 6.5 bn would have seemed a steal a decade ago but is top dollar now. It will be interesting to see which hardware or software vendors kick up a fuss about it or whether they had already written Sun off. I’d expect Dell to have a go at pinching it from under IBM’s nose though.

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