Comments on: Rumor Patrol: HP May Buy Sun Hardware? http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2009/08/28/rumor-patrol-hp-may-buy-sun-hardware/ News and analysis about data centers, cloud computing, managed hosting and disaster recovery Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:24:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Rumor Patrol: HP May Buy Sun Hardware? « Data Center Knowledge » bLOG aLL http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2009/08/28/rumor-patrol-hp-may-buy-sun-hardware/comment-page-1/#comment-5766 Rumor Patrol: HP May Buy Sun Hardware? « Data Center Knowledge » bLOG aLL Sat, 29 Aug 2009 19:34:53 +0000 http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/?p=14897#comment-5766 [...] See original here: Rumor Patrol: HP May Buy Sun Hardware? « Data Center Knowledge [...] [...] See original here: Rumor Patrol: HP May Buy Sun Hardware? « Data Center Knowledge [...]

]]> By: Paul Retlewski http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2009/08/28/rumor-patrol-hp-may-buy-sun-hardware/comment-page-1/#comment-5764 Paul Retlewski Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:23:13 +0000 http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/?p=14897#comment-5764 What LE said was to protect an asset pure and simple. He had to show support for the decision to balance his (Oracle's?) decision with the BOD as well as Sun's customers/potential customers. The last thing LE would do is self depreciate a purchase that could hurt Oracle in the long run i.e. if Sun's revenue drops substantially the value of the pieces goes down and hurts Oracles bottom line. So LE did what any responsible ceo would do and talk up the acquisition to increase it's piece value (something is more valuable if it is harder to obtain) and renew confidence in the customer arena that would support Sun's revenue base and prevent huge swings. Must create the illusion of value and putting a high price on it sets a precedence that they hope to come close to in a future sale. What LE said was to protect an asset pure and simple. He had to show support for the decision to balance his (Oracle’s?) decision with the BOD as well as Sun’s customers/potential customers. The last thing LE would do is self depreciate a purchase that could hurt Oracle in the long run i.e. if Sun’s revenue drops substantially the value of the pieces goes down and hurts Oracles bottom line.

So LE did what any responsible ceo would do and talk up the acquisition to increase it’s piece value (something is more valuable if it is harder to obtain) and renew confidence in the customer arena that would support Sun’s revenue base and prevent huge swings. Must create the illusion of value and putting a high price on it sets a precedence that they hope to come close to in a future sale.

]]> By: rich http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2009/08/28/rumor-patrol-hp-may-buy-sun-hardware/comment-page-1/#comment-5743 rich Fri, 28 Aug 2009 22:10:10 +0000 http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/?p=14897#comment-5743 HP needs less hardware and more software... 1/2 of Sun's hardware is OEM'ed anyway... I say no way! HP needs less hardware and more software… 1/2 of Sun’s hardware is OEM’ed anyway… I say no way!

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