Re: [PLUG] Re: Well, its official -- Sun is serious about being anti Linux and Open Source

[Mike Leone <turgon@mike-leone.com>]

Jeff Abrahamson (jeff@purple.com) had this to say on 04/04/04 at 17:00: 
> On Sun, Apr 04, 2004 at 03:26:24PM -0400, Mike Leone wrote:
> > Wasn't Apple "seriously dying" a few years ago, and MS put some money into
> > them, too? And Apple is doing pretty well these days.
> > 
> > (yes, I know Apple is retail-oriented and Sun is not)
> 
> And Apple is MS's last best bet to keep antitrust regulators off their
> back, as Apple is viewed as their only real competitor in the
> commercial OS market.
> 
> Many of us believed (and still do) that MS helped Apple because they
> *need* Apple to have a minority OS share if MS is to have any hope at
> all in the legal arena.

The point being, that Apple stayed in business and thrived, after having
money invested in them by MS. And they, too, signed some technology
agreements with MS (at one time). This as a counter to the claim that Sun
would be out of business Real Soon Now.

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