Merill Lynch sez: Sun better buy a Linux vendor - soon : Thu, 16 Dec 2004

According to The Register, analysts at Merill Lynch predict that Sun will never be taken seriously in the Linux market unless they buy a Linux vendor. They suggest that Sun go and buy either Red Hat or Novell. The rationale behind this is that such a move will be the only way for Sun to charge hard into the lucrative X86 market without looking all confused by also recommending Solaris.

Is it just me or would there be a major grass-roots-level revolt by Red Hat Linux geeks if Sun swooped down and gulped up Red Hat? Is that even possible without it seeming (or actually being) hostile? Novell is a different story altogether; forget grassroots! Like IBM would let Sun just up and buy Novell. Ummm hehe, I don't think that's even in the realm of the real :) --CG   Source: http://www.uhacc.org/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi

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