SAP To Acquire Sybase For $5.8 Billion(sap.com)
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SAP To Acquire Sybase For $5.8 Billion
http://www.sap.com/press.epx?pressid=13202
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http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1342370
Its sad when a company like SAP, that produces such god awful, trivial to improve, software has $5.8 billion to throw around - these guys need to go down if we are ever going to see an improvement in enterprise management relational resource buzzword whatever-it-is software (business software).
Its a shame start-ups are pretty much doomed to fail in that environment because businesses trust established names over demonstrable results - its just common sense from their side really.
Its a shame start-ups are pretty much doomed to fail in that environment because businesses trust established names over demonstrable results - its just common sense from their side really.
...and no one cares.
When did linking to press releases warrant a post here? Leave that to the likes of Computerworld magazine.
I could not imagine something that has less to do with hacker news than this.
Why not? Sybase makes both databases, and works in the telecom messaging space. What a merger with SAP might mean is interesting, will SAP kill off the telecom part of the business and focus on the financial vertical? Sounds like a great place for a new startup!
You would need serious funding to enter that space.
True, but before Sybase got into it, it was a startup called Mobile 365. And there are several other startups in the telco space like these guys http://openet.com/.
Not disagreeing, just saying it's fully possible, and quite relevant to a board like this one.
Not disagreeing, just saying it's fully possible, and quite relevant to a board like this one.