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by rortian 5915 days ago
Talks didn't break down, there were big anti-trust issues.
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As I recall didn't the Sun board say the price was too low?
Nope, there were serious legal issues.

Edit: Just to be clear, these two firms would essentially own the mainframe market (sure IBM does pretty much already but that doesn't mean you let the acquire more market share)