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It almost happened. If I’m not mistaken, Sun was on Apple’s list of possible acquisitions in the late 90s before they decided on Next (Be being the other). Co
by bgm1975 5y ago
It almost happened. If I’m not mistaken, Sun was on Apple’s list of possible acquisitions in the late 90s before they decided on Next (Be being the other). Considering Jobs came with Next, Apple would have turned into a very different company. If fact, I suspect the whole tech landscape would probably look a lot different today had Apple bought Sun Microsystems.
- Maursault 5y agoThis is not accurate. Sun was never in danger of being acquiring by Apple, instead they nearly merged before NeXT was acquired, then Sun and Apple nearly merged again in the naughts (but I honestly don't believe Jobs was serious about it). But in 1996, Sun nearly bought Apple.
- flembat 5y agoNightmare, they might have ended up owned by ORACLE..
- bgm1975 5y agoAh, thanks for the clarification, clearly my memory of the events is fuzzy.
- KerrAvon 5y agoSun was never serious about it — they offered a lower price than Apple’s stock was worth at the time (itself not much). It was an insult and the stockholders would have sued them out of existence if the board had taken it.
- perardi 5y agoNah, Sun was heavily rumored to be buying Apple. And perhaps not so much as “rumored” as “they couldn’t make a final deal”. https://www.cultofmac.com/463947/today-in-apple-history-sun-microsystems-almost-buys-apple/ https://www.cultofmac.com/463947/today-in-apple-history-sun-... I’ve been a Mac owner since 1994†, and I followed all this soap opera back then. I remember the infamous PRAY cover. https://www.wired.com/1997/06/apple-3/ https://www.wired.com/1997/06/apple-3/ †I am 38, and I feel like an old man these days, you kids with your “multitasking” and your “APIs that make sense”