in all honesty i dont think IBM is interested in buying out yippy.. they now own vivisimo and their engineers.. what could they possibly gain from purchasing yippy? they could just have their new engineers create something equal or better to what they made for yippy in the first place. as much as i would like to see it happen i dont feel its very likely.. someone else might want their technology however.. it is quite impressive :) i hope for a buyout just as much as the rest of the owners i just dont think ibm will be in the bidding all is IMO of course