Apple had over $1 Billion in cash. Remember that Apple bought Steve Jobs' NeXT for $400 Million then bought Power Computing for $200 Million.
Microsoft's $150 Million investment was a strategic way of telling Wall Street that Apple had no problem with its software developers specially with the Redmond company.
Apple didn't need money from Microsoft. Apple agreed to open some of its technologies to Microsoft as a part of the deal. And Microsoft agreed to provide the Mac platform with office-software for a period of 5years.
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Apple had over $1 Billion in cash. Remember that Apple bought Steve Jobs' NeXT for $400 Million then bought Power Computing for $200 Million. Microsoft's $150 Million investment was a strategic way of telling Wall Street that Apple had no problem with its software developers specially with the Redmond company. Apple didn't need money from Microsoft. Apple agreed to open some of its technologies to Microsoft as a part of the deal. And Microsoft agreed to provide the Mac platform with office-software for a period of 5years.