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Sadly, pythonline seems to be serving up the default "you installed Apache" web page today. Where'd the site go today of all days?!

True, although the stock owned by Microsoft is non-voting, and will continue to be so for at least the next 2-3 years IIRC. And as you pointed out, there's very little danger of Microsoft forcing Apple out of business entirely since that might pique the interest of Dave Boies and crew.

"David Boies, David Boies, riding through the land,"
"David Boies, David Boies, the government's right hand,"
"He argues for the feds, and makes lots of noise,"
"David Boies,"
"David Boies,"
"David Boies..."

- sung to the tune of "Dennis Moore", and if you don't know the tune, you were never here.

Er, where was I? Oh yes. Anyway, the stock thing isn't that significant (yet); Apple certainly didn't need the money but it could have used the clout that Wall Street blindly flings at anybody who receives the Wintel benediction. Now, they can focus on doing things their own way again and it's too late for Wall Street to back down (in fact, while many Internet stocks are flagging, Apple's continues to hold strong).

Of course, this could be a bigger deal if MS eventually tries to sway stockholder opinion. But that's a whole other government investigation.