| Having spent nearly $19 billion over the last decade on more than 160 mergers and acquisitions, International Business Machines Corp. is clearly no stranger to deal-making. That said, Big Blue may face its biggest challenge yet in taking on Sun Microsystems Inc.(JAVA), a company that has been in a conundrum for years and is known for both developing exceptional technology and floundering in its business practices. |
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Margaret Bassett passed away August 21, 2011. She was a treasured member of the Opednews.com editorial team for four years.
Margaret Bassett--OEN editor--is an 89-year old, currently living in senior housing, with a lifelong interest in political philosophy. Bachelors from State University of Iowa (1944) and Masters from Roosevelt University (1975) help to unravel important requirements for modern communication. Early introduction to computer science (1966) trumps them. It's payback time. She's been "entitled" so long she hopes to find some good coming off the keyboard into the lives of those who come after her.
