Linked List: September 2, 2007

Sunday, 2 September 2007

Taiwan’s Acer to Acquire Gateway 

Associated Press:

Acer said Monday it is offering to buy Gateway for $1.90 per share in a deal expected to close by December, pending regulatory approvals in Taiwan and the U.S.

The offer price amounts to a premium of 57 percent to Gateway’s Friday closing price of $1.21. Gateway traded at $81.50 in 1999.

Ouch.

Steven Poole: ‘Goodbye, Cruel Word’ 

Author Steven Poole on switching away from Word after more than a decade of using it as his primary writing tool.