Posts Tagged ‘IBM’

Oracle agrees to $7.4 billion Sun Microsystems acquisition

by Zach Epstein on April 20th, 2009 at 2:04pm
Filed under: News 14 Comments

Recession be damned — it looks like Oracle will still manage to scrounge up enough cash to take Sun Microsystems off the table. Early last month IBM withdrew its $7.5 billion acquisition offer and as most people presumed, Sun was…

IBM to Sun Microsystems: On Second Thought, No Thanks

by Marc Flores on April 6th, 2009 at 4:45pm
Filed under: General, News 8 Comments

In an economic climate such as the one we’re currently experiencing, we’re sure that Sun Microsystems is wishing they could say, “No takesies-backsies!” For the past few weeks, it seemed like everyone was on the edge of their seat waiting…