Date:         Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:21:34 -0700
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Hello Mike,

How would this come to have affect on SAS with SPSS and WPS in IBM
support.SAS might feel the heat ? Is this time SAS has to worry about
reducing the pricing ??

SL

On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 6:28 AM, Mike Zdeb <msz03@albany.edu> wrote:

> hi ... fyi ...
>
>
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/28/AR2009072800858.html
>
> Monster Merger: IBM Buys SPSS For Approx. $1.2 Billion In Cash Deal
>
> IBM is buying analytics software and solutions provider SPSS in an all cash
> transaction at a price of $50/share -
> a 42 percent premium to Monday's closing price of $35.09 on Nasdaq -
> resulting in a total cash consideration
> in the merger of approximately $1.2 billion. The acquisition is subject to
> SPSS shareholder approval,
> regulatory clearances and other closing conditions, and is expected to
> close later in the second half of 2009.
>
> and ...
>
> http://www.spss.com/jackmessage.htm
>
> --
> Mike Zdeb
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>