Thursday, July 09, 2009

NetApp quits bidding war in face of EMC; Ex-Googler says Chrome OS won’t displace Windows

Ex-Googler says Chrome OS will be a vastly different OS but won't displace Windows; The big winner from Google Chrome OS: Telcos
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NetApp quits bidding war in face of EMC opposition; Ex-Googler says Chrome OS won't displace Windows

EMC has apparently stared down NetApp and won the bidding war over de-duplication and backup vendor Data Domain. But NetApp will walk away from the failed negotiations with a cool $57 million. Read full story

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