your info is wrong my friend. I was at that MacWorld BOSTON show thank you very much. I watched and witnessed it first hand.
MS bought 150 m of NON voting Apple stock which they sold off at a nice profit for a few years later.
At the time, Apple had over 2 billion CASH on hand. They weren't about to disappear. This is a commonly held misnomer.
When Big Billy was on the screen, those in attendence jeered with anger at his presense. The Evil Empire was at our door step.
The best thing that came out of it was the 5 year agreement between MS and Apple that Office would continue to be available on Mac OS. It was Office that insured that the Apple Computer could remain relevant in the fast changing computer world of the mid 1990's.
This is the beginning of the end for SUN, and M$ is set for implosing within a few years time. The handwriting is on the wall. Money is nice and lovely, but it will not guarantee more than a footnote note in the pages of Computer History a few years from now.
LINUX is the gates of M$. The barbarians are coming fast and swift. The evil empire's days are very numbered.
the difference being one company knows its dying, the other doesn't yet see the handwriting on the wall.
SUN is set to collapse within a few years time thanks to boneheads like Scott and Jon.
M$ is set to implode within the next few years, they just don't realize it yet. Yes they have lots of money but the brain drain factor hit them a few years ago and now you have projects like Longhorn that they are dumping Billions of dollars into, for what? So that they can be just like Mac OS X?
hehehe
i love the irony.
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your info is wrong my friend. I was at that MacWorld BOSTON show thank you very much. I watched and witnessed it first hand. MS bought 150 m of NON voting Apple stock which they sold off at a nice profit for a few years later. At the time, Apple had over 2 billion CASH on hand. They weren't about to disappear. This is a commonly held misnomer. When Big Billy was on the screen, those in attendence jeered with anger at his presense. The Evil Empire was at our door step. The best thing that came out of it was the 5 year agreement between MS and Apple that Office would continue to be available on Mac OS. It was Office that insured that the Apple Computer could remain relevant in the fast changing computer world of the mid 1990's. This is the beginning of the end for SUN, and M$ is set for implosing within a few years time. The handwriting is on the wall. Money is nice and lovely, but it will not guarantee more than a footnote note in the pages of Computer History a few years from now. LINUX is the gates of M$. The barbarians are coming fast and swift. The evil empire's days are very numbered.
the difference being one company knows its dying, the other doesn't yet see the handwriting on the wall. SUN is set to collapse within a few years time thanks to boneheads like Scott and Jon. M$ is set to implode within the next few years, they just don't realize it yet. Yes they have lots of money but the brain drain factor hit them a few years ago and now you have projects like Longhorn that they are dumping Billions of dollars into, for what? So that they can be just like Mac OS X? hehehe i love the irony.