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From: ekwok@mipos3.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.misc,talk.rumors
Subject: Re: An Honest-to-Goodness Rumor!
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Date: Tue, 7-Apr-87 12:03:06 EST
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Posted: Tue Apr  7 12:03:06 1987
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In article <1345@phred.UUCP> artm@phred.UUCP writes:
>I was recently informed that cash-rich Apple Computer
>is seeking to buy out Sun (even as the latter is trying
>to buy up most of the city of Milpitas).
>
>Anyone care to confirm or deny this, and if it's true what is
>the likelihood of (1.) them succeeding and (2.) some sort of
>consolidation of product lines if it happens.

I have no way to know about the truth of the rumor. However, I do have
some thoughts about the benefits of such a get-together. It would allow
Apple to get into the high performance market. If they pool their talents
together, they may be able to offer a line of Motorola-based machines
from home to big Vax capabilities. But I'm not sure the founders' at
sun are interested to see the sun in the home market!! I understand they
still control substantial amount of stock. Some of them may not see the
future of supercomputing in the home, as some of us see it so clearly. 
Although everything has a price. The worst that can happen is that the
gurus' at sun cash out and retire to be gentleman farmers of Woodside
and Beverly Hills. 

-- 

Eh, your honor sir, the prosecution pleads guilty.