Rumor: Tibco getting acquired?
Tibco Software's stock has been up Monday. My sources are tying it to an unsubstantiated rumor that the company is close to being taken out.
On one hand, this consolidation thing has gotten out of control. On the other hand, it remains a great time to be an open-source company, and these types of amalgamations prove how important it is to control your software environment.
A few possible acquirers of the Palo Alto, Calif.-based maker of business software:
• Oracle--unlikely in light of the BEA finalization but anything is possible
• SAP--if anyone needs some good integration software, it's SAP
• IBM--possible, just to take Tibco out and limit Oracle
• Hewlett-Packard--unlikely in light of the EDS news
Word is that things could go hostile, which probably takes IBM out of the equation. Stay tuned.
Dave Rosenberg dishes up "Software, Interrupted" with nearly 15 years of technology and marketing experience that spans from Bell Labs to multiple start-up IPOs to open-source enterprise software companies. He is co-founder of MuleSource and currently serves as the general manager of Hardy Way. He is a member of the CNET Blog Network and is not an employee of CNET. Disclosure. You can contact Dave via e-mail at softwareinterrupted@gmail.com or follow him on Twitter @dr138. 
