Friday, June 16, 2006
Australian IT - SAP chief hoses down merger talk (, JUNE 13, 2006)
Australian IT - SAP chief hoses down merger talk (, JUNE 13, 2006): "Plattner had said SAP was open to a takeover if the price were right.
Plattner said he saw only three potential buyers: IBM, Microsoft and Google. He was adamant that no takeover talks were under way.
'I don't want to start rumours,' Plattner said at the time.
'There are no negotiations under way, but I don't want to say that I dislike them so much that I can't imagine a merger.'
By contrast, Kagermann told the Financial Times and its sister newspaper Financial Times Deutschland that consolidation in the software sector had peaked. "
Plattner said he saw only three potential buyers: IBM, Microsoft and Google. He was adamant that no takeover talks were under way.
'I don't want to start rumours,' Plattner said at the time.
'There are no negotiations under way, but I don't want to say that I dislike them so much that I can't imagine a merger.'
By contrast, Kagermann told the Financial Times and its sister newspaper Financial Times Deutschland that consolidation in the software sector had peaked. "
