[Am-info] New Apple store near Beantown

[Erick Andrews]

On Fri, 14 Dec 2001 16:08:30 -0800, Mitch Stone wrote:

>--- From a message sent by madodel@ptdprolog.net on 12/14/01 3:03 PM ---
>
>>And lets not forget that m$ pumped $500 million into Apple a few years
>>back.  Amazing coincidence at the same time Apple dropped its port of
>>QuickTime for OS/2 which was being paid for by IBM.  Claimed as a cost
>>saving and resource conservation move, but seemed extremely stupid as IBM
>>was paying them to write it.  gates always gets a big payoff for his
>>little investments.
>
>Wow, that's a lot of inflation in only three years. The actual sum was 
>$150 million, and it was indeed a partial settlement for a copyright 
>infringement suit.
>

I'm sure you are right about the $150 million.

The leverage, though, is probably more than the $500 million.

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Erick Andrews