Actually Oracle were rumored to have been pretty high up there as a contender to buy Remedy back when BMC Software bought it from Peregrine.. So I am not surprised that they are rumored to be interested in purchasing BMC Software now. Perhaps their primary interest is Remedy and some of the other BMC monitoring tools that work with Remedy.
Joe From: Rick Cook Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 8:59 AM Newsgroups: public.remedy.arsystem.general To: [email protected] Subject: Re: OT- BMC Jumps to Highest Since 2000 on Report of Potential Sale ** Yeah. Their own attempt to build ITSM apps failed miserably. Rick On Oct 8, 2010 8:56 AM, "pritch" <[email protected]> wrote: > Oracle? - should have known that > > On Fri, 8 Oct 2010 13:54:00 +0100, Danny Kellett > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Oracle >> >> >> >> From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rick Cook >> Sent: 08 October 2010 13:51 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: OT- BMC Jumps to Highest Since 2000 on Report of Potential >> Sale >> >> >> >> ** >> >> Yeah, maybe, but to whom? Dell? Accenture? >> >> Rick >> >> On Oct 8, 2010 8:48 AM, "Danny Kellett" >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hmmm I smell a BMC being sold..... >>> >>> >>> >>> From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) >>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Warren Baltimore >>> Sent: 08 October 2010 13:41 >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: OT- BMC Jumps to Highest Since 2000 on Report of Potential >> Sale >>> >>> >>> >>> ** Probably not. Given that it sounds like they are in the early > courting >>> stages, I doubt they will say anything until something is finalized. >>> >>> On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 1:08 AM, Joe Martin D'Souza <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Interesting article... >>> >>> I wonder if they would discuss it at the RUG if this was brought up at >>> the >>> Q&A sessions with their CEO's or CFO's.. >>> >>> Joe >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------- >>> From: "Sanford, Claire" <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Friday, October 08, 2010 12:32 AM >>> Newsgroups: public.remedy.arsystem.general >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Subject: OT- BMC Jumps to Highest Since 2000 on Report of Potential Sale > >>> >>> >>> >>> Anyone see this article? >>> >>> >> > http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-07/bmc-jumps-to-highest-since-2000-on- >>> report-of-potential-sale.html >>> >>> >>> BMC Software Inc. <http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=BMC:US> >>> climbed the most in 20 months in Nasdaq Stock Market trading on a report >> the >>> business-software maker may be putting itself up for sale. >>> >>> The shares jumped as much as 9.6 percent after DealReporter said BMC may >>> have started exploring a sale as many as two weeks ago. The news service >>> cited three industry bankers and an executive familiar with the >>> situation. >>> Houston-based BMC has a market capitalization of about $7.6 billion. >>> >>> >>> Claire _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug10 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"
