See, I told you NetApp wouldn’t match EMC’s offer! What’s that? They matched it? To see what I think about that, click Read More.
Everyone thought $1.5B was too much for NetApp. Now they’re offering $1.8B to match EMC? Are you SERIOUS?!?!?!
I feel like I’m taking crazy pills!
My original comments about this deal stand if NetApp gets it. Steve Duplessie made a great blog entry about his thoughts about what happens if EMC or NetApp wins or loses. If you want some serious thoughts on this potential acquisitions, check it out.
Me? I think I have become the Simon Cowell of the Storage Industry. If I bag on something, then it might happen. (Like when Simon would be really mean to an American Idol contestant and they would get more votes due to sympathy.) Alright, if I really have this power, here goes.
There’s NO WAY that EMC is going to sweeten their bid to make sure that the stockholders pick them.
Written by W. Curtis Preston (@wcpreston), four-time O'Reilly author, and host of The Backup Wrap-up podcast. I am now the Technology Evangelist at Sullivan Strickler, which helps companies manage their legacy data