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IBM in talks of buying Sun Microsystems
Posted on Mar 19th, 2009 @ 7:54 am by CY
The Big Blue is in talks of acquiring Sun Microsystems for $6.5 billion in cash. If the deal doesn’t go through, the company is done, meaning that’s the only choice Sun has at the moment. The biggest problem with Sun is that although they are a smart bunch that can develop new technologies, the company [...]
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"Dying" Tech Companies
Posted on May 15th, 2008 @ 11:44 pm by CY
Here are some companies that I thought are just “hanging over” in the tech industry:
AMD – Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
As I said earlier, AMD had lost ground and can no longer remain competitive with Intel. AMD has ambitious goals, but it doesn’t have deep pockets like Intel for research and development. Last week, it had [...]