MS bails out Apple - how interesting is this!!!
MS bails out Apple - how interesting is this!!!
I never knew this...
http://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/08/opini ... s-eye.html
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/new ... 360033395A
So you Apple fanbois are actually putting money in MS's pocket... haha.
http://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/08/opini ... s-eye.html
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/new ... 360033395A
So you Apple fanbois are actually putting money in MS's pocket... haha.
Re: MS bails out Apple - how interesting is this!!!
Nice +1 to add to your lame counter.
Dated 1997 and 2001 ??
Dated 1997 and 2001 ??
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Re: MS bails out Apple - how interesting is this!!!
did rick romero retire?
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Re: MS bails out Apple - how interesting is this!!!
I couldn't care if they were dated 1950... how many people actually knew this??Sojourn wrote:Nice +1 to add to your lame counter.
Dated 1997 and 2001 ??
Re: MS bails out Apple - how interesting is this!!!
erm... I did.
And if I in my ignorance did, then I am pretty sure at least 80% of this forum is covered.
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And if I in my ignorance did, then I am pretty sure at least 80% of this forum is covered.
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Re: MS bails out Apple - how interesting is this!!!
Did not know this. Thanks for the links Shiv.
Re: MS bails out Apple - how interesting is this!!!
maxxis wrote:Did not know this. Thanks for the links Shiv.
Part of the 20%.
Re: MS bails out Apple - how interesting is this!!!
I didn't know either. M$ is even more evil than I first thought.
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Re: MS bails out Apple - how interesting is this!!!
I knew itSojourn wrote:erm... I did.
And if I in my ignorance did, then I am pretty sure at least 80% of this forum is covered.
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They actually owned something like 10% of Apple at a stage, not sure if they still have a stake
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Re: MS bails out Apple - how interesting is this!!!
Hex_Rated wrote:They actually owned something like 10% of Apple at a stage, not sure if they still have a stake
Source: http://justinhartman.com/2007/11/23/mic ... -in-apple/Currently, Microsoft owns about 0.0046% of Apple through a Private Capital Management fund and Apple owns about 0.39% of itself the same way so whether Microsoft ever held any power in the company is questionable at best.
What if MS still had a stake? That would be interesting.
Re: MS bails out Apple - how interesting is this!!!
How does a 2007 article (on a blog) make this any better ?
The 150,000 shares were convertible by Microsoft after August 5, 2000 into shares of the company’s common stock at a conversion price of $8.25 per share. During 2000, 74,250 shares of preferred stock were converted to 9 million shares and in 2001 the remaining 75,750 preferred shares were converted into 9.2 million of Apple’s common stock. All 18.2 million shares were sold by Microsoft in 2003.
Currently, Microsoft owns about 0.0046% of Apple through a Private Capital Management fund and Apple owns about 0.39% of itself the same way so whether Microsoft ever held any power in the company is questionable at best.
Re: MS bails out Apple - how interesting is this!!!
Why don't you stop complaining?
Re: MS bails out Apple - how interesting is this!!!
I thought my quote would actually answer your question.
Fact is they do have a stake, abeit questionable.What if MS still had a stake? That would be interesting.
Currently, Microsoft owns about 0.0046% of Apple through a Private Capital Management fund and Apple owns about 0.39% of itself the same way so whether Microsoft ever held any power in the company is questionable at best.
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Let me rephrase then: what if MS still had a reasonable stake?
Re: MS bails out Apple - how interesting is this!!!
Well, if you read their motivation behind bailing out Apple initially, it was to serve their own interest during their anti-trust period.shiv wrote:Let me rephrase then: what if MS still had a reasonable stake?
If Apple went under, their argument of a credible existing competitor would have been moot. In that sense it was a symbiotic.
Having a controlling stake in Apple would be counter productive to this symbiosis as the anti-trust monopoly issue would be up again.
Sort of a no-brainer there.
Why am I even having this discussion?