I don’t usually post about business deals on my blog. But today’s acquisition of Greenplum by EMC is too close to home not to comment. I’ve been involved as a technical advisor at Greenplum for almost three years, and joined the EMC technical advisory board this spring — so I have some interest in the deal.Below is my take on things from the technical side. Note that I’m not privy to any private information about the deal, and I’m generally more interested in the tech than the finance. No need to try and read financial tea leaves here — there aren’t any. This is a computer scientist’s view of the technology implications. Here goes:
