[Am-info] Microsoft to buy IBM ?

[Eric M. Bennett]

Geoffrey wrote:

>John Poltorak wrote:
>>Following on from stories about Microsoft's cash mountain and 
>>looking at the balance sheets of Microsoft and IBM it looks as 
>>though Microsoft have net current assets of $44Bn and IBM only has 
>>around $6Bn...
>>
>>Given that Bill Gates has long harboured ambitions of taking over 
>>IBM, when does anyone expect such a move to be made?
>
>I think it's unlikely, beleive it or not because of antitrust 
>issues.  I know, I know, with this administration???
>

The EU could still kill it, like they killed the Honeywell deal.

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