Journalistic hyperbole is not equal to fact. Apple acquired NeXT, for $400 million in cash in stock, at a time in which Apple had a market cap of $3.1 billion.

Journalistic hyperbole is not equal to fact. Apple acquired NeXT, for $400 million in cash in stock, at a time in which Apple had a market cap of $3.1 billion. I don't know why you seem to think otherwise. Read it from the horse's mouth along with the relevant financial statements: http://web.archive.org/web/20020208190346/http://product.info.apple.com/pr/press.releases/1997/q1/961220.pr.rel.next.html http://web.archive.org/web/20020208190346/http://product.inf... http://news.cnet.com/Apple-acquires-Next,-Jobs/2100-1001_3-256914.html http://news.cnet.com/Apple-acquires-Next,-Jobs/2100-1001_3-2... http://www.wikinvest.com/stock/Apple_(AAPL)/Data/Market_Capitalization/1996 http://www.wikinvest.com/stock/Apple_(AAPL)/Data/Market_Capi... Again, I don't understand why you seem to think otherwise.