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Originally Posted by svandamme
And as for beating MS.. remember, MS payed Apple money in some kind of cooperation agreement... I'm sure there are certain stipulations in there to make sure neither rains on the other one's parade to much...
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Apple were hurting.
MSFT were under heavy Fed scrutiny at the time. Noise about the Fed forcing MSFT to break up.
Apple was/is the only other commercially viable consumer operating system available.
Without it Windows/MSFT become a monopoly, we all know what happens next.
It was in MSFT's best interest to ensure Apples survival.