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Originally Posted by stomachmonkey
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.
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It still applies, they both need the other one to prevent being targeted as a monopoly...
So neither will hammer any nails in the other one's coffin... There's no reason why they should, they both make sj1tloads of money... shareholders get dividends even during a time of global economic crisis...