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Do you have any actual sources about the government keeping apple afloat? Or are you saying since they had educational contracts they were being kept afloat? D
by wil421 6y ago
Do you have any actual sources about the government keeping apple afloat? Or are you saying since they had educational contracts they were being kept afloat?
Does Airbus have government contracts? Does Ericsson or Nokia? Do you believe European governments contracts with these companies are keeping them afloat?
- iorrus 6y agoAirbus planes used to be given away almost for free, it’s first few decades it was entirely state funded.
- p_l 6y agoApple's federal sales division was one of the strongest sources of revenue during Apple's lowest points, thanks to very good integrated sales & support team that kept islands of Macs in various governmental locations, often doing specialised tasks as graphics/audio workstations and the like. But to get those contracts there had to be appropriate spending by government, and that's what I meant in my comment.
- the-dude 6y agoAirbus does have defense contracts.