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		pyre on March 28, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: James Gosling joining Google IBM was a competitor to Sun. An IBM acquisition of Sun definitely would have triggered the government to get involved and explore the anti-trust/monopoly angle.

ShabbyDoo on March 28, 2011 [–]

What surprised me was how IBM decided to get close to Oracle instead of fight for improved position in the F500 using Java as lever.

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