Uncategorized Have A Java and Walk Away Chris Lau @chrispycrunch Published: April 6th, 2009It amazes me when a company in decline plays hard ball with a goliath and walks away from a deal. This morning it was reported that Sun Microsystems is walking away from a friendly offer from IBM.It is really not a seller's market for an systems environment that is on the decline. After early success for JAVA just before the dotcom bust, Microsoft slowly but surely built its .NET framework. As a result, Sun lost market share in this arena. For the most part, Sun's server business is an attractive asset for any suiter, as reported by Business Week.Does anyone have flashbacks of Yang (Yahoo) playing hardball and walking away from a Microsoft offer, just before the markets began to head south?And so…where is Yang now?To ensure the survival of Sun, I believe that IBM will attempt to resume talks with Sun. IBM has made previous acquisitions that complimented its service offerings. Sun looks like a good fit. IBM just needs McNealy to be a bit more open-minded about the offer price.Would you recommend this article?00 Thanks for taking the time to let us know what you think of this article! We'd love to hear your opinion about this or any other story you read in our publication. Click this link to send me a note →Jim Love, Chief Content Officer, IT World Canada Related Download Sponsor: Carbon60 Moving to the Cloud: Beyond the Myths Get on the road to cloud success by moving past the myths around it. Register Now Uncategorized