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So, the WSJ is reporting that IBM is in talks to acquire Sun Microsystems for 6.5 billion (a considerable premium on its market valuation).

Some analysis of the news labeled this story red herring, put out there by Sun to get the scare on the real buyer, I tend to agree.

Besides securing Java I don’t understand [...]