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If only MS were smarter investors
---And if it wasn't for Gates "investing" how many hundredes of
millions of dollars a couples years back and keeping Office alive
for Apple, Apple would be dead.---

It was $150 million in non-voting stock. MS sold that stock off
at a profit as soon as they were allowed to by law. If they'd held
on to that stock, it would now be worth well over $1 billion.

Don't forget that MS also benefited from that deal--they got
Apple to drop Netscape for IE (although perhaps this is not a
benefit, as it's one of the things they got brought up on antitrust
charges for), and they got Apple to drop some of their
longstanding lawsuits over the look and feel of Windows.

But yes, guaranteeing the existence of Office for the Mac did
give Apple a level of legitimacy they needed when they were at
their lowest point, so kudos to MS. Then again, if you want to
point out things like this, without Apple and their GUI design
and early products, MS would never have existed, so let's call it
even.

---Nice try at keeping the Apple hystria going.---

Hystria (sic)? This is nothing. Wait till you can buy a machine
that runs Windows, Linux and OSX at the same time. Then you'll
see some hystria.
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Too little too late...  Qbt | 07/26/05
Nice try troll  TWRX | 07/26/05
#4 computer Company in the world  ITGuy04 | 07/26/05
Apple may be #4 in the US but they are not even ...  ShadeTree | 07/26/05
Uh, No.  ITGuy04 | 07/26/05
Nowhere in the article you reference is...  ShadeTree | 07/26/05
Better article  tic swayback | 07/26/05
So then you agree that Apples worldwide share...  ShadeTree | 07/26/05
Patterns  tic swayback | 07/26/05
I thought we were talking market share numbers!  ShadeTree | 07/26/05
Just in from the Mac Observer  ShadeTree | 07/26/05
Fuzzy math  tic swayback | 07/26/05
But they sell their own unique product.  GoPower | 07/26/05
Shade you are usually better than this  mlindl | 07/26/05
Well...  Qbt | 07/26/05
Why combine independent companies?  tic swayback | 07/26/05
That argument would hold water  Real World | 07/26/05
I think that only enhances Apple's standings  tic swayback | 07/26/05
Market share - who cares?  Ken_z | 07/26/05
That's about a dumb statement...  BitTwiddler | 07/26/05
That's just pathetic...  BitTwiddler | 07/26/05
Who cares...  TheCrow_z | 07/26/05
put me down as one who cares...  Arm A. Geddon | 07/26/05
It would seem YOU!! heh heh heh  Laff | 07/26/05
Bad news for Microsoft  nucrash | 07/26/05
Bad news not for just Microsoft  Loverock Davidson | 07/26/05
Yeah, right  Delmont | 07/26/05
If only MS were smarter investors  tic swayback | 07/26/05
Credit where credit is do!  ShadeTree | 07/26/05
No, I meant Apple  tic swayback | 07/26/05
Getting the history straight!  ShadeTree | 07/26/05
Oh please  tic swayback | 07/26/05
The Cult of the Mac is nothing if ...  ShadeTree | 07/26/05
Facts and citations please  tic swayback | 07/26/05
tic, don't let facts and history get in the way  MacCanuck | 07/27/05
Please check your facts  Rick_K | 07/27/05
Will this link do aor would you like ...  ShadeTree | 07/27/05
RE: Joseph Scozzaro  ShadeTree | 07/27/05
Au contraire mon merde?  MacCanuck | 07/29/05
Oh, paleasssse....  BitTwiddler | 07/26/05
Office for Mac  Anton Philidor | 07/26/05
That and MS does not want or need Apple who is a  Laff | 07/26/05
Every Time?  tic swayback | 07/26/05
Only zombies could believe that Bill Gates can invest money in competitors  Vily Clay | 07/26/05
Brains....brains....brains.....drool  tic swayback | 07/26/05
Tic, one time is enough to mention a thing you do not have ? brains  Vily Clay | 07/26/05
Made you look!  tic swayback | 07/26/05
Tic, you could of said it shorter ? that you are a zombie-loser. (NT)  Vily Clay | 07/26/05
You mean a zombie loser with a secret admirer (nt)  tic swayback | 07/26/05
Oh, Tic, now you got sick with Grand Delusion. I?m very sorry. (NT)  Vily Clay | 07/27/05
that is only going to exacerbate the problem...  JoeMama_z | 07/26/05
Forgive Us  Harry Bardal | 07/26/05
No, Zdnet is telling me to buy a Sony VAIO  Boot_Agnostic | 07/26/05
Beat the rush!  TrackStar1682 | 07/26/05
No need.  Outside T. Box | 07/27/05
Good Deal!  sp29 | 07/26/05
Trolls X-ing!  An_Axe_to_Grind | 07/26/05
What will they do next year?  tic swayback | 07/26/05
How will the Apple zealots ...  ShadeTree | 07/26/05
How will the Xbox/Playstation zealots...  tic swayback | 07/26/05
The PPC architecture is great for games....  ShadeTree | 07/27/05
Al Gore Invented Intel  Harry Bardal | 07/26/05
Actually I work for one of the...  ShadeTree | 07/27/05
Inferior Product?  Outside T. Box | 07/27/05
Thinkpad was a fine choice  FilledOut | 07/27/05
Thinkpad? THink again!  Rod Hagen | 07/27/05
Marketshare reports are misleading!  rottweilerus | 07/27/05
Apple does not only sell to consumers..  woot! | 07/27/05
It is your post that is misleading!  ShadeTree | 07/27/05
Marketshare is for marketing.  Outside T. Box | 07/27/05

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