“Sun Microsystems is toying with the idea of buying Linux seller
Novell, saying that springing for the $2.64 billion company would
hurt rival IBM.“‘With our balance sheet, we’re considering all our options,’
Sun Chief Operating Officer Jonathan Schwartz said in an interview
Sunday regarding the possibility of acquiring Novell. ‘What would
owning the operating system on which IBM is dependent be worth?
History would suggest we look to Microsoft for comparisons…'”