Meh, EMC has been a part of the walking dead for years. There were rumors a few months ago that VMware—<i>a spinoff from EMC</i>—was going to acquire EMC.<p>Dell doesn&#x27;t care. They&#x27;ve been private for a couple years. No one&#x27;s going to pummel their stock tomorrow morning.<p>Anyway, HP has much more to fear from HP than they do from the synergistic effects (lol) of Dell+EMC. HP is a total disaster, and is far more likely to kill itself off than die from consolidation around it.