A few analysts on future of Zimbra i MS deal goes though.
"Zimbra could be divested by Microsoft if it succeeds in its unfolding bid to acquire Yahoo, a banker and two analysts in the space told mergermarket.
Yahoo bought Zimbra for USD 350m in September for its open source collaboration software. The acquisition was seen by many as a counter to Google’s developing suite of online collaboration-oriented applications, such as Google Spreadsheets.
Yet that same strategic position may undercut its value for Microsoft, whose own mail, instant messaging and office applications fill a similar niche, said a banker familiar with Yahoo’s strategy. That could lead to a sale, he said.
Buyers could include IBM, SAP, EMC, Oracle, Salesforce.com or Novell, said IDC analyst Mark Levitt. Sun Microsystems could also be interested, said a second analyst."
"With Zimbra being an open source competitor to Microsoft technologies, Kusnetzky said a quick death could also be in its future. ”I would see them more squashing it than trying to sell it to someone and thus create a competitor to its own Office products,” he said."
Sun or Red Hat would be my choices. However, I really doubt MS would sell Zimbra. Qick death is a nice phrase
