I just have to refute this common fallacy. Yes, Microsoft gave Apple $150
million several years ago, ostensibly to settle licensing issues. But at the
time, Apple had $4 billion in cash reserves. So how did this measly $150
million "save" Apple? Basically, it was a bribe to keep them out of the
antitrust case. BTW, Apple still has billions in cash as of this quarter,
not to mention the highest margins in the computer business. Gateway should
be so lucky...
on 4/29/02 9:49 PM, Jerry Erbesfield at jerbesfield@mindspring.com wrote:
> If it hadn't been for
> Microsoft's Bill Gates infusion of many millions of dollars into Apple
> Computers a few short years ago, Apple would already be dead.
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