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Monday, November 9, 2009

Would Oracle Ever Abandon Its Bid for Sun?

ellison_sundog-150x150Is there any possibility that Oracle would abandon its bid for Sun? And if Oracle were to walk away, what would happen to Sun? Thomas Weisel Partners analyst Doug Reid weighs both of these questions in a note to investors today, and his answers are worth considering in light of reports that the European Commission may object to the deal.

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Thursday, June 25, 2009

Crazy Stevie’s! Prices So Low They’re INSAAAAAAAAANE!

ballmersalesman Launching Windows 7 with a steeply discounted preorder offer won’t eradicate all memory of Microsoft’s widely criticized Vista operating system, but it might ensure that it receives a better reception at market. And so the company today said that beginning Friday, “select markets” can preorder Windows 7 at a more than 50 percent discount.

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iPhone App Goes Topless

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Thursday, December 11, 2008

How Many iPhones Could Wal-Mart Sell? Well, That’s Obvious, Isn’t It?

Though Wal-Mart has made no official announcement regarding the reportedly imminent arrival of Apple’s iPhone on its shelves, it would seem that the big-box retailer will begin peddling the device before the year is out. If that’s the case, how many iPhones is Wal-Mart capable of selling?

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Friday, October 10, 2008

I Bet $31-Per-Share Sounds Pretty Good Right About Now, Eh?

Now that Yahoo is trading at $12.63 in an economy that’s falling Homer Simpson-style down the long rocky slope of economic collapse, some of the company’s institutional investors are hoping to convince it to sell itself to Microsoft again.

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Here is a statement of my ethics and coverage policies. It is more than most of you want to know, but, in the age of suspicion of the media, I am laying it all out.

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