Le 29/10/2018 à 03:51, Rick Moen a écrit :
> Quoting hal (vmlinux@???):
>
>> What are the particulars?
> The Bloomberg report
> (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-28/ibm-is-said-to-near-deal-to-
> +acquire-software-maker-red-hat)
> says this is a _cash_ acquisition, the tender offer being at $190/share,
> which is a huge premium over the stock's closing market price of
> $116.68/share on Friday. The Bloomberg reporters claim this is IBM's
> move to quickly get into cloud computing.
>
> This is by far the largest acquisition IBM has ever carried out, and the
> third largest in USA tech, ever.


    Not clear what's best, RedHat being bought by IBM, Microsoft, or
Google.

    I was thinking Systemd was made to attract Microsoft or Google;
therefore it's a surprise. Maybe IBM moved to beat the two other.

    Didier