It would probably turn into the ultimate cigar butt stock though as long as they didn't keep spending money on crazy acquisitions and the stock fell 40% on the

It would probably turn into the ultimate cigar butt stock though as long as they didn't keep spending money on crazy acquisitions and the stock fell 40% on the news. I would have to think so many organizations have random scripts, etc. that the risk vs. reward still won still be high er than you think, especially when say the CTO of JPMorgan's job depends on "knowing Oracle." Personally, I think IBM will likely crash and burn way before Oracle does.