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Microsoft To Buy Red Hat?

So, how might have that come up in a discussion between the two? And, how might such a move play out? Feel free to comment below, but here are a few thoughts. As I"ve written before, an agreement between Sun and Microsoft has subtley positioned Microsoft to go on the intellectual property offensive against Red Hat. If OpenOffice infringes on Microsoft's intellectual property (IP) and if Red Hat's distribution of OpenOffice with Linux all these years turns out to be worthy of damages (backpay), the damage to Red Hat would be unimaginable.
Ref. https://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=1369

Hat Red Buy Microsoft

Wow, the death of Red Hat. That is what we are talking about at this moment right? If given the day in court, Microsoft has a huge resource advantage. A large money sum awarded to Microsoft could crush Red Hat, and ultimately help Sun and Novell since they are pushing their own Linux systems. The only option to Red Hat would be to sell to Microsoft who would shut them down and eliminate them as a competitor. Of course, the rest of the Linux world would mourn, but the big companies pushing their version of Linux would actually side with Microsoft because it would benefit them. Red Hat as a desktop product for businesses and as a server package would no longer have the funds to continue in that direction and essentially eliminate them as a threat to anyone.