Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 20:34:41 05/27/02
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On May 27, 2002 at 15:31:34, Roy Eassa wrote:
>On May 27, 2002 at 15:29:48, Roy Eassa wrote:
>
>>On May 27, 2002 at 12:06:29, Christophe Theron wrote:
>>
>>>Microsoft had to invest nig money in Apple several years ago to help
>>>them. They did it because if Apple and its OS disappears Microsoft would be in a
>>>too obvious position of monopoly (well actually they have be found to be, so
>>>that did not save them).
>>>
>>
>>
>>That's inaccurate. Apple at the time had many billions of dollars in cash and
>>no debt. The amount Microsoft invested was trivial in comparison. It was a
>>gesture of goodwill. The motivation behind it was indeed as you say (to show
>>support for a company that can help "disprove" MS's monopoly), but the actual
>>money investment was a token gensture.
>
>
>That last word should be "gesture" of course. :-)
OK, but the idea behind this is what I said.
Christophe
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