Lenovo To Buy IBM's Server Business For $2.3 Billion 160
itwbennett writes "Well, that was fast. Earlier this week the rumor mill was getting revved up about a potential sale of IBM's x86 server business, with Lenovo, Dell, and Fujitsu reportedly all interested in scooping it up. On Thursday, Lenovo Group announced it has agreed to buy IBM's x86 server hardware business and related maintenance services for $2.3 billion. The deal encompasses IBM's System x, BladeCenter and Flex System blade servers and switches, x86-based Flex integrated systems, NeXtScale and iDataPlex servers and associated software, blade networking and maintenance operations. IBM will retain its System z mainframes, Power Systems, Storage Systems, Power-based Flex servers, and PureApplication and PureData appliances." SlashBI has some words from an analyst about why Lenovo wants the x86 product line more than IBM does.
I for one.... (Score:2, Funny)
...don't welcome our new Chinese overloads. (Do you realize how hard it's going to be to learn to write/type Manderin?)
Re:Chinese Rule!!! (Score:5, Funny)
I guess that IBM's customers can now stop worrying about the NSA planting bugs in their servers and worry about the Chinese government doing it instead :)
Everyone Gets Fired Now (Score:5, Funny)
"No One Ever Got Fired for Buying IBM"
Except now, you can't buy any IBM hardware, right? So, how are you going to avoid getting fired?
Re:I for one.... (Score:5, Funny)
...don't welcome our new Chinese overloads. (Do you realize how hard it's going to be to learn to write/type Manderin?)
You already seem to be struggling with English.