$BB My gut tells me a buyout offer is very much alive. Veritas might want BB for 3 main reasons: (a) IoT. Core player in the EV & connected car revolutions. IVY + CS convergence looking like it could be a Big Thing. However, automotive would be a new vertical for Veritas. Till now, their IoT acquisitions have mainly been in military & healthcare:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verit... QNX of course has a pretty big presence in health & defense. (b) CS. Fits like a glove in Veritas's own already profitable core businesses + work with gov'ts. (c) Patents. Veritas wd get ongoing revenue from the recent sale to Malikie, but would also inherit BB's rights to use the sold patents royalty-free. V wd also get control of thousands of valuable unsold patents. An acquisition would have a large number of moving parts. E.g, approvals from gov'ts in Canada, USA, most of the G20. Veritas also knows the best route is not to go hostile but to get pre-approval from Chen & Watsa.