Sun is trying to restart talks with IBM, but is being met with a cold shoulder. [/caption] The on-again, off-again soap opera romance between Sun Microsystems and IBM is back on -- but apparently one-sided, because IBM is reportedly not interested. Negotiations for IBM (NYSE: IBM) to purchase Sun (NASDAQ: JAVA) for $7 billion seemed all but settled last week until they collapsed at the 11th hour. Since then, both companies have gone…
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It's 1997 again. Antitrust violations go back 12 years, according to the Europe's antitrust commissioner. Big bucks are at stake. [/caption] Remember what a rough time Microsoft had with the European Commission's (EC) competition directorate in 2007 and 2008? If Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer thought those days of antitrust proceedings were receding into the past, he has another thing coming. The EC has sent Microsoft a so-called "Statement of Objections," or SO, indicating…
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