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ItsjustMe

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4. When Microsoft saved Apple

Reply to emulatorloo (Reply #3)

Tue Nov 15, 2022, 03:13 PM

Nov 2022

Steve Jobs and Bill Gates show eliminating competition isn’t the only way to win

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/29/steve-jobs-and-bill-gates-what-happened-when-microsoft-saved-apple.html

Steve Jobs and Bill Gates’ rivalrous friendship is the stuff of tech lore. The most poignant moment of that fraught relationship happened 20 years ago. In August of 1997, Gates stepped in and saved Apple, which, at the time, was on the brink of bankruptcy.

“Bill, thank you. The world’s a better place,” Jobs told Gates after the Microsoft exec agreed to make a $150 million investment in Apple.

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Apple SUED for privacy violations; Apple collects analytics data even if you opt out [View all] ItsjustMe Nov 2022 OP

No offense but Apple has been hit by bogus lawsuits before. I'll wait and see whether this one emulatorloo Nov 2022 #1

It seems you have a long history here defending Apple ItsjustMe Nov 2022 #2

Long time Apple user. Seen lots of baseless FUD aimed at the company. emulatorloo Nov 2022 #3

When Microsoft saved Apple ItsjustMe Nov 2022 #4

Indeed they had a friendly rivalry for a long long time. Would make a fun Netflix movie for nerds emulatorloo Nov 2022 #5

That's a lawsuit I'd like to read. Tetrachloride Nov 2022 #6

Here are some others you can read about. ItsjustMe Nov 2022 #7

so, when are we going after billy gates and m$.? AllaN01Bear Nov 2022 #8