Results 1 to 11 of 11

Thread: HP to Buy Compaq in $25-Billion Deal

  1. Sep 4th, 2001, 03:10 AM #1
    plenderj
    plenderj is offline

    Thread Starter
    Retired VBF Adm1nistrator plenderj's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2001
    Location
    Dublin, Ireland
    Posts
    10,359

    HP to Buy Compaq in $25-Billion Deal

    http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/2001...compaq_dc.html
    Microsoft MVP : Visual Developer - Visual Basic [2004-2005]
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  2. Sep 4th, 2001, 05:48 AM #2
    parksie
    parksie is offline
    Monday Morning Lunatic parksie's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2000
    Location
    Mashin' on the motorway
    Posts
    8,169
    Mmmm...big companies
    I refuse to tie my hands behind my back and hear somebody say "Bend Over, Boy, Because You Have It Coming To You".
    -- Linus Torvalds
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  3. Sep 4th, 2001, 05:53 AM #3
    plenderj
    plenderj is offline

    Thread Starter
    Retired VBF Adm1nistrator plenderj's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2001
    Location
    Dublin, Ireland
    Posts
    10,359
    It really will be a monster of a company. All we need now is for Microsoft to buy unix
    Microsoft MVP : Visual Developer - Visual Basic [2004-2005]
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  4. Sep 4th, 2001, 06:21 AM #4
    parksie
    parksie is offline
    Monday Morning Lunatic parksie's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2000
    Location
    Mashin' on the motorway
    Posts
    8,169
    They already tried a long time ago.
    I refuse to tie my hands behind my back and hear somebody say "Bend Over, Boy, Because You Have It Coming To You".
    -- Linus Torvalds
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  6. Sep 4th, 2001, 06:24 AM #5
    JungleMan
    JungleMan is offline
    Frenzied Member JungleMan's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2001
    Posts
    2,033
    You can't buy Unix

    I'm glad that Compaq and their **** products will be gone forever.
    I'm bringing geeky back...
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  7. Sep 4th, 2001, 06:25 AM #6
    plenderj
    plenderj is offline

    Thread Starter
    Retired VBF Adm1nistrator plenderj's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2001
    Location
    Dublin, Ireland
    Posts
    10,359
    yeah they could buy unix. there's a company that owns the intellectual rights to it. cant remember the name ... has an X in it though
    Microsoft MVP : Visual Developer - Visual Basic [2004-2005]
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  8. Sep 4th, 2001, 06:27 AM #7
    parksie
    parksie is offline
    Monday Morning Lunatic parksie's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2000
    Location
    Mashin' on the motorway
    Posts
    8,169
    There's the X Consortium, but they do X Windows not Unix.

    They didn't buy Unix, but they tried to buy something like that.
    I refuse to tie my hands behind my back and hear somebody say "Bend Over, Boy, Because You Have It Coming To You".
    -- Linus Torvalds
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  9. Sep 4th, 2001, 06:28 AM #8
    HarryW
    HarryW is offline
    Frenzied Member HarryW's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2000
    Location
    Heiho no michi
    Posts
    1,827
    If M$ want to make a version of Unix I don't think there's anything stopping them. They can't prevent others from doing the same though.
    Harry.

    "From one thing, know ten thousand things."
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  11. Sep 4th, 2001, 06:29 AM #9
    plenderj
    plenderj is offline

    Thread Starter
    Retired VBF Adm1nistrator plenderj's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2001
    Location
    Dublin, Ireland
    Posts
    10,359
    Nah there is some company that owns the rights tho.

    Koz I saw it on the front of a Sco Unix box.
    Not SCO themselves, but some other company in the states
    Microsoft MVP : Visual Developer - Visual Basic [2004-2005]
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  12. Sep 4th, 2001, 06:35 AM #10
    HarryW
    HarryW is offline
    Frenzied Member HarryW's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2000
    Location
    Heiho no michi
    Posts
    1,827
    As I understand it, Unix is open-source due to some ancient legal thing that was intended to prevent a Unix monopoly. If Unix has already been made available through an open license, the intellectual property isn't incredibly valuable because other companies can make their own Unix versions.
    Harry.

    "From one thing, know ten thousand things."
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  13. Sep 4th, 2001, 10:04 PM #11
    JungleMan
    JungleMan is offline
    Frenzied Member JungleMan's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2001
    Posts
    2,033
    I hope HP remembered to buy the Compaq extended warranty
    I'm bringing geeky back...
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  

Forum Rules


Click Here to Expand Forum to Full Width