With no fresh sign of action on the Cisco-EMC front and enboldened by Oracle-Sun, Open Text-Vignette and Micro Focus-Borland, rumour-mongers are at it again, suggesting Microsoft could snap up SAP. A few observations: This would be by far the biggest IT sector acquisition ever; Microsoft has never done a mega-merger; SAP might make things hostile; cross-continetal combinations are tougher. However: Microsoft has talked merger with SAP before; the Yahoo attempted buy showed it is ready to spend; Microsoft needs to grow beyond organic means; Steve Ballmer’s comments didn’t go a long way to downplay the chatter. The big caveat: this ‘deal’ might be too big for regulators to swallow. Related content Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe