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2011-02-14 , 13:08
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#1370
Originally Posted by lma View Post
In fact it was MS who saved Apple from bankruptcy around the time Jobs took over.
They didn't do it for altruistic reasons:
  • They were being sued by Apple and it was part of the settlement.
  • Plus they were being investigated by the DoJ and by keeping Apple alive they could argue that there is "thriving" competition in the desktop OS market where MS has only 97% market share and Apple has a whopping 3% or so.
  • Plus if Apple went under where is MS's "innovation" going to come from?
 

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