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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera View Post
Bill Gates bought a large chunk of Apple back right after Jobs was hired back. Gates infusion of cash kept them for running of of cash to meet payroll. I have always wondered how much stock he owns in Apple.

Maybe Gates is helping in designs at Apple.
That was a self preservation move.

MSFT owned so much of the market share they were being perceived by the Fed as well as foreign States as a monopoly.

If you recall there was a lot of noise about breaking up MSFT.

As Apple represented the only other commercial mass market OS, read competitor, it was in MSFT's best interest to ensure they remained viable.
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