blogs.barrons.com - 3/24/2009
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Red Hat (RHT) shares haves spiked today on widespread rumors that the company might be an acquisition target for Oracle (ORCL) .
Jefferies & Co. analyst Katherine Egbert writes in a research note that “it would make sense” for Oracle to own Red Hat, which providers a ...
blogs.zdnet.com - 3/18/2009
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blogs.zdnet.com —
Someone has floated a trial balloon, through a
leak to the Wall Street Journal, that IBM is...
in “talks” to buy Sun Microsystems for $6.5 billion. The only party that would leak this information is Sun itself, and it smacks of desperation in ...
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IBM buying Sun Microsystems makes no sense, it's a red ...
blogs.computerworld.com - 3/24/2009
reuters.com - 3/24/2009
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reuters.com —
BOSTON (Reuters) - Shares of Linux software provider
Red Hat Inc ( RHT.N ) climbed 10 percent...
on Monday and analysts said that investors were betting that the company would be acquired by Oracle Corp ( ORCL.O ). Officials with Red Hat and Oracle ...
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Red Hat shares up on speculation of Oracle deal
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Oracle is not buying Red Hat
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols's blog —
Oracle is not buying Red Hat The rumor mill has it that Oracle may be buying Red Hat. Don't believe it. All it took was one mention that Oracle might do well to own Red Hat, but that the timing wasn't right, by Jefferies & Co. analyst Katherine Egbert for people to start talking up Oracle buying Red Hat . Folks, it's not going to happen. IBM will buy Sun . Oracle buying Red Hat? No. This isn't the first time that Egbert has dreamed up fantasies of Oracle buying Red Hat in the minds of silly investors. She was wrong then. She's wrong now. Why? The ...
A Red Hat Acquisition By Oracle? Unlikely [OStatic]
GigaOM Network —
... In a swimmingly good day for the stock market yesterday, shares in Red Hat rose a whopping 10 percent, on speculation that Oracle may buy the company. The flight of fancy began with comments from Jeffries & Co. analyst Katherine Egbert, covered by Barron's. Reuters ...
A Red Hat Acquisition By Oracle? Unlikely
OStatic blogs —
... In a swimmingly good day for the stock market yesterday, shares in Red Hat rose a whopping 10 percent, on speculation that Oracle may buy the company. The flight of fancy began with comments from Jeffries & Co. analyst Katherine Egbert, covered by Barron's. Reuters ...
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If Oracle commits to Solaris, will IBM buy Red Hat?
news.cnet.com 5/20/2009 — Katherine Egbert has predicted (again) that Red Hat will be bought, this time by IBM . While I have indulged my own Red Hat acquisition fantasies in the past, I just can't see a near-term acquisition of Red Hat by IBM.
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online.barrons.com 5/15/2009 — ADD RED HAT TO THE SHOPPING LIST . I've been speculating in recent weeks, along with most everyone else, about which enterprise-technology companies are likely to be in play in the next year or so. And Red Hat (ticker: RHT), a provider of Linux ...
Is an IBM purchase of Red Hat inevitable?
blogs.zdnet.com 5/15/2009 — Despite a bevy of questions—looming competition from Oracle, takeover rumors and a weak economy—Red Hat appears to be humming along, according to Jeffries analyst Katherine Egbert. But in the long run, Red Hat will have to be subsumed into ...
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IBM To Buy Red Hat (Eventually), Jefferies Contends
blogs.barrons.com 5/15/2009 — At some point, IBM (IBM) is almost certainty going to buy Red Hat (RHT) , according to Jefferies analyst Katherine Egbert .
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IBM in Talks to Buy Sun Microsystems
wired.com 3/18/2009 — NEW YORK (Reuters) - IBM is in talks to buy Sun Microsystems Inc, sources with knowledge of the matter said, a move that could bolster the technology giant against rivals in the high-end computer server market.
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centredaily.com 12/22/2008 — Red Hat announced an agreement with Fujitsu to provide new Linux support services that are designed to provide quicker response times and extended support periods for mission-critical systems through the Red Hat Advanced Mission Critical Program. The ...
Sun Microsystems shares fall sharply —
CNET News - Business Tech 3/23/2009
Shares of Sun Microsystems take a hit in Monday morning trading, falling at least 7 percent while the broader markets advance.
Sun fell as low as $7.53 a share, following reports Friday in the Wall Street Journal that IBM is currently engaged ...
Will Big Blue mainframes run Windows? —
The Register 3/23/2009
z/VMs get Microsoft rumor An obscure mainframe software company called Mantissa Corporation bragged last summer on the IBM VM listserv - which is dedicated to virtual mainframe environments - that it was creating a product called z/VOS that would ...
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