To put some numbers on this.... I see that APPL represents about 52% of FoxConn( or Hon Hai's) revenue, with HP being a distant second at around 8%. While for

To put some numbers on this.... I see that APPL represents about 52% of FoxConn( or Hon Hai's) revenue, with HP being a distant second at around 8%. While for Sharp AAPL represents about 20% of their revenue with MSFT being a distant second at 3.2%. So FoxConn buying Sharp, or atleast a controlling interest, doesn't really bring in any new significant clients. And as far as FoxConn beinga supplier to Sharp, they represent only about 1% of FoxConn's revenue so they really aren't protecting any existing revenue from Sharp by buying them.