[Am-info] New Apple store near Beantown

[John J. Urbaniak]

I don't think we know the total amount.

John


Erick Andrews wrote:

> 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.
>
> --
> Erick Andrews
>
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