M&A everywhere

Oracle -> BEA
Oracle -> Captovation
Microsoft -> FAST
EMC -> Document Sciences
SAP -> Business Objects
IBM -> Cognos
SUN -> MySQL
Fatwire and Interwoven also acquired other smaller, niche players.
So what are the implications? Convergence? Less choice? Less innovation?  Blurring lines between competitors and partners? Alliance realignments? Less confusion in the marketplace (or is it more)? EMC is the only one [...]

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