Quote:
Originally Posted by stomachmonkey
That would be THE single WORST scenario for MSFT.
MSFT absolutely need another OS vendor in the market with enough share to prevent the Fed from considering them a Monopoly and forcing them to break up.
ANd like it or not Apple is the only other player with enough consumer share to prevent that.
That is one of the reasons that MSFT gave Apple $150 M.
At the time Apple was in trouble and the Fed were all over MSFT with various anti-trust actions.
If Apple had gone down the crapper then MSFT as you know it today would probably not exist.
|
I don't think that's what he meant. The world relies on Wintel products to function. Apple makes great toys.