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This 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
by Maursault 5y ago
This 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.