...computing service for enterprise software. $7.4 billion on Sun, doesn't look good value, given that the hardwaremarket is tough and margins are tight. Oracle spent over $8.0 billion on BEA in 2008 - now that made sense - buying the...
http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/it-fud-blog/
...birth of many software and systems companies as the hardwaremarket changed. IBM launched the unified System/360 mainframe...1977 the 32-bit Vax took Digital into the mainframe hardwaremarket and it was soon second only to IBM in size. Even...
http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2005/07/01/210583/unsung-heroes.htm