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<b>Larry Dignan:</b> IBM is reportedly in talks to buy Sun Microsystems
for $6.5 billion and the deal is long overdue. The companies mesh on
the open source software front, Sun is struggling and IBM can
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"The fundamental premise of liberalism is the moral and
rational incapacity of the American people." ~ Fred Miller</pre>
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