-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Mellanox is apparently being pressured to sell by an activist hedge fund called "Starboard Value" that feels they are spending too much money on R&D and apparently not generating enough of a windfall for stockholders?
This company seems to pull some pretty gross maneuvers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starboard_Value On 10/29/2018 02:43 PM, Jörg Saßmannshausen wrote: > Hi all, > > it is not only that, but I saw something about Mellanox today as > well. > > Not good news in my humble opinion. :-( > > All the best > > Jörg > > > Am Montag, 29. Oktober 2018, 07:42:48 GMT schrieb Tony Brian > Albers: >> https://www.reuters.com/article/us-red-hat-m-a-ibm/ibm-to-acquire-sof tw >> >> are-company-red-hat-for-34-billion-idUSKCN1N20N3 >> >> I wonder where that places us in the not too distant future.. >> >> I've worked for Big Blue, and I'm not sure the company cultures >> are compatible to say the least. >> >> /tony > > _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing > list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing To change > your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > - -- ____ || \\UTGERS, |----------------------*O*------------------------ ||_// the State | Ryan Novosielski - novos...@rutgers.edu || \\ University | Sr. Technologist - 973/972.0922 ~*~ RBHS Campus || \\ of NJ | Office of Advanced Res. Comp. - MSB C630, Newark `' -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iEYEARECAAYFAlvXVy8ACgkQmb+gadEcsb4WjwCeMlgsuRUAiPfYPryb276ytDX3 A7IAoJzOjzzd1fVixK7yCIG5xYs6+x/a =cwSj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
