Antitrust-shy IBM closed to fresh Sun talks • Channel Register

I don’t think that should be future-tense, conditional – i.e., I think the scrutiny happened anyway

So much for playing hardball: IBM is apparently not interested in resuming talks to purchase Sun Microsystems, following their recent break down.

IBM is believed to be concerned about the level of scrutiny a potential acquisition of its smaller hardware and software rival might would draw from regulators.

Antitrust-shy IBM closed to fresh Sun talks • Channel Register