That was all media hype. Microsoft gave Apple $150 million plus the
promise to develop Office for the Mac for 5 years. The promise to
develop Office was the most important bit, really.
This was all timed to try and make Microsoft look just a little less
evil. :)
-----Original Message-----
From: newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net
[mailto:newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net] On Behalf Of John Goggan
Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 2:05 PM
To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
Subject: Re: [NTLK] Geez people, freaking get over it
Joshua Johnston wrote:
> Apple does have substantial cash reserves, an article in the Mercury
> News posted to bayarea.com
> (http://www.bayarea.com/mld/bayarea/business/companies/3263779.htm)
> claims Apple to have four billion dollars in cash. Even assuming it
> costs Apple two million to keep iTools running until it dies by
upgrade
> to .Mac or attrition, that's not even a dent compared to what it could
> do to keep people happy with purchasing Apple products.
>
> I've seen several reports over the years talking about Apple's high
> amount of fluid cash, so it's pretty hard not to accept the fact it's
> out there.
I'm confused. Didn't MS basically provide Apple the cash to keep going
a
couple years back? (Or was that all media hype?) I mean, if Apple had
that
kind of fluid cash, then they wouldn't have needed/wanted MS's help,
right?
- John...
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