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IBM Buyout?

OMG...THIS CAN'T BE...PLEASE APPLE DO NOT SELL OUT! STEVE DON'T DO IT! OH I AM WIGGIN HERE.....HEEEEEEEEELLLLPPP!

Okay I took a breath. This is probably just a dumb rumor. I am still going to say a prayer. I can see it all now. IBM buys Apple and tells us that nothing is going to change and Apple will be ran as a seperate division...and then one day...in a few years...they decide to slowly merge the line into a Windows product with an Apple logo....NNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
 
IBM is very busy

Always beware of takeover rumors on option expiration fridays. This is probably a last ditch effort by an investor.
 
or MORE likely

i think if the rumor holds any salt whatsoever, IBM will get a large chunk of apple stock, and some of the following may happen (good for both companies).

-PPC-G5 will move to IBM mfg only
-Apple will liscense OSX for some medium to big iron
-Apple servers with Power4/Power5 (not announced, but, prolly on the way) chips
-IBM will sell apple branded servers to their existing workstation/server customers (with OSX or Linux, this would work wonderfully for both companies, as apple would instantly have a potentially large customer base for servers)
-IBM/Apple cross liscense some tech. This would allow for apple to get some nice server tech(w/o having to negotiate patents and stuff, and IBM gets some nice chunks of OSX)

on a scale of 1 to 10, 1 least like likely....

Total buyout of Apple by ibm... 1
Non-voting share investment...3
tech cross liscensing................4

I still doubt it, but, i can see some silver lining if it does happen in some form.
 
Hm, this would be very interesting indeed. If IBM could leave well enough alone with Apple and let it keep its own identity without neglecting them, this might not really be such a bad thing, people! Think of the PowerPC processor.

This could widen the field for Apple. 5%? Try 25% or more... that would be what we've always wanted, right?

Ford Motor Company owns Volvo, Mazda, Lincoln, Jaguar, Mercury, and Land Rover. But you don't go looking at a Land Rover and say "Oh my God, it's a FORD product!!" They're all unique vehicles. This could very well be the same case... IF... and a very BIG IF... IBM would stay out of Apple's identity and let them continue on like nothing ever happened. So, this may actually be a nice dream... but I doubt it could ever happen like that.
 
Cut IBM some slack. When it comes to hardware research and development, they're actually one of the best companies out there.
 
Umm.. There IS swampland in Iraq, so I'd take that Swiss coastal property, thx ;)

J
 
Re: Pump n' Dump

Originally posted by Unregistered
This is a pump and dump scam. IBM ain't buying APPL folks.
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OK, i believe you. Especially since you can't even spell Apple's stock symbol.
 
IBM bought NeXT technology in 1990

IBM helped NeXT bring the OS to market with a major financial investment. IBM has had NEXTSTEP and OPENSTEP running on Intel and PowerPC hardware for a long time. This could work.
 
The most ridiculous responses so far have come from those who think IBM would buy Apple, then move them to an Intel platform. IBM makes PPC processors ... why on earth would they want to move Apple to Intel?

Look, if this happens, it's an EXIT STRATEGY for IBM, a way for them to leave the PC business while maintaining a desktop presence. That's why they explored buying Dell. IBM thinks it needs to be in the PC business, but they know how bad they are at it.
 
First Sony now IBM. At least IBM would keep Apple and its talent in America.

Their is great potential for the two companies. IBM and their technical expertise and Apple with their human engineering expertise. IBM actually rolling out high tech PowerPC chips on time and Apple putting them in great enclosures with OSX. Sounds all right to me. IBM giving OSX server ligitamacy with IBM marketing might in the consumer space. IBM would also get more Unix firepower to fight Windows and Intel Itanium in the server space.

Let's face it, Apple is a pretty complete company but needs some shot in the arm to gain market share which STILL continues to erode even with the original iMac and iMac2. 3.5% is survivable but they need to keep that from slipping further and growth would help the R&D on a company that builds hardware and software.

If only IBM left Apple design teams alone.

Chance of buyout- slim to none
Chance of buyout working if it were to happen- slim to none
 
So if this unlikely event happens, Can Apple/IBM dump Motorola and just have IBM make the G5's? IBM makes better chips than Motorola, and the G3 reached 1Ghz before the G4. Yeah, yeah Mhz isn't everything.
 
Apple is buying IBM at $45 a share. Wow, who would have thought. HeeHeeHee. IBM will have to beat Disney and every other rumor buyer out there. Maybe Bill Gates will buy apple. You know he must feel bad about all the sorry crap he's put out over the past few years. Apple is worth more than $45 per share just based on their cash holdings.
 
But...

There is no beach in Switzerland...

Okay back to the topic...

As long as this is a PowerPC swap I wouldn't mind. But even if they did buyout 50% of the company, it wouldn't be all that bad. Look guys we have all survived almost 5 years of Microsofts buy-out in Apple. If we can survive that, they we can survive any other company!
 
IMB/APPLE - Why Not?

Think about it: Both companies would benefit enormously.

IBM would finally be out of a decades long abusive relationship with Micro****.
They'd have a powerful new OS X to use with chips that they could make for cheap. And if IBM were smart enough, they'd co-brand the new product IBM/APPLE which would immediatley drive the branding recognition through the roof, and would add that much more of a pedigree to both not to mention becomming a formidible force against Redmond.

Of course, there are a lot of issues that would need to be ironed out between the two, but why the hell not?
 
Originally posted by arn
Of note, IBM has been doing poor in the PC area... except in Laptops, I think....
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I read some on-line articles about that how IBM is probably (if they haven't already) shot their desktop line, but their laptops were still doing OK. It's kind of funny how IBM never completely made it in the PC business, yet their name is labeled to a lot of things...not quite as much as 10 years ago, but it is still there. IBM PC compatible disks, for example.

My guess is that they might be concentrating more on the server end of things. While M$ has a huge control over standard office and home PCs, they pretty much bite when it comes to large servers. That would be IBM and Sun's playing field.
 
IBM loses money in the PC business, has for years. They would get out but top management thinks they need to stay on the desktop for PR reasons ... too many people associate computers with PCs, abandoning the desktop could mean a huge loss of mindshare.

But all of this talk is ridiculous ... if the rumor had any credibility, investors would have bid up Apple stock today. The stock fell, no one takes the rumor seriously.
 
Ford owens nothing, MOPAR owns Ford and all those companies...

what they need is like IBM to "invest" heavily in Apple and Ati or nVidia. Procesor, HardDrive, Mother Boards, Sound Cards, OS, Graphics Card...is all there, and "sharing" funds....how cool! if they could still remain seperate companies that is...well, kinda like the Mopar setup where they're all owned byt the smae company but still seperat, but share funds and research....
 
Apple & IBM, and Sony

If IBM purchased Apple, and licensced the OS... what am I talking about? The possibilites are endless if the two join up. Here are a few things on my mind:

1) Motorola's semiconductor business would take another hit, and IBM could easily swallow it up.
2) IBM would likely license Mac OS X to possibly Sony, in an effort to increase exposure of the OS and the hardware (the DVD burning, for example). If a partnership among Sony, Apple, and IBM could be developed, I see nothing that could get in the way. The names themselves bring innovation and high-tech to mind.
3) Apple computers would get the fastest and the best technology as it is released. As it stands, Apple's computers are far behind not only in terms of Intel, but in terms of what Motorola and IBM are producing.
4) Mac OS X could be pushed into stores with IBM and Apple's deep pockets. If Sony would place OS X on their computers (the one's that look cool at Best Buy), Sony's computers would look even cooler. Mac OS X's eye-candy is so appealing, it's just plain fun to work with. With IBM controlling OS X, this could work great in the long run, as they could likely earn near one hundred million dollars per quarter, or more.

I'm just rambling. It's fun. This is a good idea, and it could work. IBM has a lot to gain, and they could make OS X work. Keep Apple's employees, and keep Steve Jobs, and IBM could do well. I only wish it were true.
 
Re: buy

Originally posted by Unregistered
apple should buy ibm!

it will give apple more resources in terms of hardware and software engineers
and become a BIG fret to microsoft
and give ibm some style......
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Yeah! That's brilliant! Apple should buy IBM and Adobe and become a compeditor to microsoft.
 
Re: Apple & IBM, and Sony

Originally posted by rice_web
If IBM purchased Apple, and licensced the OS... what am I talking about? The possibilites are endless if the two join up. Here are a few things on my mind:

1) Motorola's semiconductor business would take another hit, and IBM could easily swallow it up.
2) IBM would likely license Mac OS X to possibly Sony, in an effort to increase exposure of the OS and the hardware (the DVD burning, for example). If a partnership among Sony, Apple, and IBM could be developed, I see nothing that could get in the way. The names themselves bring innovation and high-tech to mind.
3) Apple computers would get the fastest and the best technology as it is released. As it stands, Apple's computers are far behind not only in terms of Intel, but in terms of what Motorola and IBM are producing.
4) Mac OS X could be pushed into stores with IBM and Apple's deep pockets. If Sony would place OS X on their computers (the one's that look cool at Best Buy), Sony's computers would look even cooler. Mac OS X's eye-candy is so appealing, it's just plain fun to work with. With IBM controlling OS X, this could work great in the long run, as they could likely earn near one hundred million dollars per quarter, or more.

I'm just rambling. It's fun. This is a good idea, and it could work. IBM has a lot to gain, and they could make OS X work. Keep Apple's employees, and keep Steve Jobs, and IBM could do well. I only wish it were true.
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Great idea! the three companies could merge and form a compeditor to Microsoft.
 
Re: Re: Apple & IBM, and Sony

Originally posted by ilikeiBook


Great idea! the three companies could merge and form a compeditor to Microsoft.
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I hope you are being sarcastic about that. While it would be fun, it aint gonna' happen (or atleast, it isn't very likely). However, when AOL decides to purchase Red Hat, things might be interesting.
 
Re: Re: But...

Originally posted by britboy
Originally posted by dantec
There is no beach in Switzerland...



sure there is! I was swimming off one two weekends ago near biel.

It was a tad cold, but fun nonetheless
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Biel or Bienne [byen] , city (1990 est. pop. 52,020), Bern canton, NW Switzerland, at the northeast end of the Lake of Biel. A watchmaking center, Biel also manufactures chains and machinery. There is a 16th-century Gothic town hall and a late Gothic church. Both French and German are spoken. The Schwab museum has archaeological relics of lake dwellings found in the Lake of Biel,. or Lake of Bienne (15 sq mi/39 sq km), at the foot of the Jura Mts. The lake is connected with the Lake of Neuchâtel by the Zihl Canal. It contains the Isle of Saint-Pierre (now a peninsula), made famous by J. J. Rousseau.
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Originally posted by krossfyter
REPEAT------ THIS RUMOR IS PURE ****
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Couldn't have said it better. Not gonna happen. No Apple employees are currently stressing out over "becoming redundant" to IBM staff. Go back to your normal lives.

Move along, nothing to see here. Come on, keep going........Get moving. Why are you still reading this? Go.:rolleyes:
 
Re: ViaVoice built-in?

Originally posted by kainjow
Just think...If IBM bought Apple, then Apple could include ViaVoice into Mac OS X directly, so it would be the first ever OS to have built-in speech dictation.
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Great idea! So great that IBM thought of it years ago, and made OS/2 the first OS that had voice dictation built in.
 
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