IBM + Sun: Too Late For Open Source?
While IBM (NYSE: IBM)’s open source strategies could benefit from an acquisition of Sun Microsystems (NSDQ: JAVA), industry observers believe such a deal would have had more strategic value a few years ago.
Reports that IBM is in talks to buy Sun for $6.5 billion in cash set off a firestorm of skepticism, debate, and handwringing from software experts who worry what will happen to Sun’s open source projects if the deal goes through.
Some believe that anything IBM could acquire from Sun’s existing open source portfolio, it could develop on its own or buy more cost effectively from another vendor.
IBM + Sun: Too Late For Open Source? — Open Source — InformationWeek
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