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Technology Stocks : INPR - Inprise to Borland (BORL) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Tom C who wrote (4513)	2/13/2000 3:11:00 PM
From: Mark Ableson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5102

Here is the scenario I see: 1. corl/inpr clean up all of the administrative and other overlap: human resources, excess office space and personnel, etc. to streamline the company. 2. msft sells out their inpr shares. 3. orcl sun or ibm buy a new and improved streamlined company for cash, without having to pay msft anything. 4. why not buy the separate pieces you ask? because a combined/streamlined corl/inpr will bring a higher price than if each were sold separately, i guess. i surmise. i'm not sure. david ray, rod and the others probably know more than me, i'm sure. what i do know is that if linux does indeed take off, as indicated my m. dell, then corl/inpr is going a lot higher.