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If IBM/Sun breaks down, what happens to Sun?
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols's blog — As I write this, on Sunday evening, April 5th, it appears that the IBM/Sun deal is dead in the water . I say 'appears' because this wouldn't be the first, or last, time people threatened to walk out of a deal as a negotiating tactic. You see, I think IBM buying Sun is the best possible thing that could happen to Sun and its product lines. I say that because Sun has been dying for years . I know it. You know it. The market, which has seen Sun's stock drop 79% in 2008 alone, certainly knows it. Sun has been a sick company since its dot com boom days. In the aftermath of the dot com crash, Sun first couldn't decide if it were a hardware or a software company. Then, ...

Could/Would Apple swoop in and pick up Sun?
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence — Just a thought here – we realize this is pretty much not going to happen – but would there be any interest at all in Sun from Apple?  Bill Joy said the two companies almost merged three times in the 90s (when Jobs wasn't running the show). IBM just walked away from the table on a $7 billion dollar buyout opportunity.  They wouldn't take the $9.40 a share offer. Apple has a few bucks laying around. We know Apple never buys big companies and prefers to develop from the inside rather than purchasing its technology knowledge.  But its hard not to speculate that there might be some interest in a $7 billion Sun ...