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What a nightmare. Imagine Broadcom merging with IBM. They'd have the legacy IT market cornered whether virtualized x86 or mainframe, customers be damned. Perhap
by thedougd 2y ago
What a nightmare. Imagine Broadcom merging with IBM. They'd have the legacy IT market cornered whether virtualized x86 or mainframe, customers be damned. Perhaps they already do. Mainframe users often rely on CA Tech's software, which Broadcom bought years ago.
- baq 2y agoSir there are children frequenting this site.
- newsclues 2y agoSince reading a Gibson novel that mentioned the dystopian mega tech conglomerate (DatAmerica maybe?), I've always enjoyed the mental exercise of M&A to create a monster corporation. Intel + Broadcom + IBM + HP + Oracle + Apple + Google They'd from Chips to Cloud.
- bfLives 2y agoWhat would HP bring to this hypothetical merger?
- SAI_Peregrinus 2y agoShitty printers.
- newsclues 2y agoTalent and IP (they swallowed competition like SGI) but I was thinking about having a company that (still) made business machines and servers.