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Given the situation that IP was in at the time, I'm not sure it was a "believe" so much as a "hope". There wasn't much of an alternative.
by jerf 2y ago
Given the situation that IP was in at the time, I'm not sure it was a "believe" so much as a "hope". There wasn't much of an alternative.
- hinkley 2y agoIt would have made so much more sense to sell to IBM though, and I don’t even like IBM. I respected their R&D at the time, but their global services division is a blight on society. I can’t recall, did the feds block that option?
- toyg 2y agoIBM was only interested in Java and lowballed the price. Oracle was interested in hardware too, and offered more money. IIRC, reports were that IBM negotiated the price down with a stinky "who else is ever going to buy you" attitude, and were blindsided once Ellison came into the picture offering more cash.