From: Digest To: "OS/2GenAu Digest" Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 00:00:37 AET-10EDT,10,1,0,7200,4,1,0,7200,3600 Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 1798 Reply-To: X-List-Unsubscribe: www.os2site.com/list/ ************************************************** Friday 20 March 2009 Number 1798 ************************************************** Subjects for today 1 Re: IBM to buy SUN Microsystems ? : madodel 2 Re: IBM to buy SUN Microsystems ? : Simon Coulter 3 Re: IBM to buy SUN Microsystems ? : Chris Graham [WarpSpeed]" **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:16:00 -0400 From: madodel Subject: Re: IBM to buy SUN Microsystems ? Ian Manners wrote: > Hi Ed, > >> Just found this report .... >> http://au.news.yahoo dot com/a/-/technology/5409450/ibm-talks-buy-sun-microsystems-report/ > > Someone has to do it so it might as well be IBM. > Yes but does this mean the end of Java, VirtualBox and OpenOffice and who knows what else (anyone care about Solaris anymore?)? Doubtful a problem on OO since it is an open source project, but IBM's history of buying companies and then you never see the products again is troubling. Mark -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG === **= Email 2 ==========================** Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 08:52:35 +1100 From: Simon Coulter Subject: Re: IBM to buy SUN Microsystems ? On 20/03/2009, at 1:16 AM, madodel wrote: > > Yes but does this mean the end of Java, VirtualBox and OpenOffice > and who knows what else (anyone care about Solaris anymore?)? > Doubtful a problem on OO since it is an open source project, but > IBM's history of buying companies and then you never see the > products again is troubling. IBM are less guilty of that practice than Microsoft however Java is likely safe given how much of IBM's consulting business is built around it. Of more concern would be Glassfish and NetBeans both of which compete directly with IBM products. Other things like JavaFX vs. EGL and possibly Swing vs. SWT. Regards, Simon Coulter. -------------------------------------------------------------------- FlyByNight Software OS/400, i5/OS Technical Specialists http://www.flybynight dot com dot au/ Phone: +61 2 6657 8251 Mobile: +61 0411 091 400 /"\ Fax: +61 2 6657 8251 \ / X ASCII Ribbon campaign against HTML E-Mail / \ -------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG === **= Email 3 ==========================** Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:21:12 +1100 (EDT) From: "Chris Graham [WarpSpeed]" Subject: Re: IBM to buy SUN Microsystems ? On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:16:00 -0400, madodel wrote: >Ian Manners wrote: >> Hi Ed, >> >>> Just found this report .... >>> http://au.news.yahoo dot com/a/-/technology/5409450/ibm-talks-buy-sun-microsystems-report/ >> >> Someone has to do it so it might as well be IBM. >> > >Yes but does this mean the end of Java, VirtualBox and OpenOffice and who >knows what else (anyone care about Solaris anymore?)? Doubtful a problem >on OO since it is an open source project, but IBM's history of buying >companies and then you never see the products again is troubling. Somewhat premature talk. I did wonder about the anti trust myself. MS will cry foul to leverage more market share. Java, absolutely not, IBM is too committed to it. VirtualBox, who knows mySQL, probably not (but should), as the code is out there, by keeping it alive they offer some semblance of steerage and control. OO no. OO is being pushed more and more internally. I'd argue that MS buys companies to bury them. IBM takes the best bits and merges them into their own offerings either internally or still as a produce in their own right. -Chris WarpSpeed Computers - The Graham Utilities for OS/2. Voice: +61-3-9395-1504 Internet: chrisg at warpspeed dot com dot au FAX: +61-3-9395-7633 Web Page: http://www.warpspeed dot com dot au Postal: WarpSpeed Computers, PO Box 4293, Hoppers Crossing DC, VIC 3029, AUSTRALIA -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG ===