[thedougd]

What a nightmare. Imagine Broadcom merging with IBM. They'd have the legacy IT market cornered whether virtualized x86 or mainframe, customers be damned. Perhaps they already do. Mainframe users often rely on CA Tech's software, which Broadcom bought years ago.

[baq]

Sir there are children frequenting this site.

[newsclues]

Since reading a Gibson novel that mentioned the dystopian mega tech conglomerate (DatAmerica maybe?), I've always enjoyed the mental exercise of M&A to create a monster corporation.

Intel + Broadcom + IBM + HP + Oracle + Apple + Google

They'd from Chips to Cloud.

[bfLives]

What would HP bring to this hypothetical merger?

[newsclues]

Talent and IP (they swallowed competition like SGI) but I was thinking about having a company that (still) made business machines and servers.

[SAI_Peregrinus]

Shitty printers.