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Apple had a long history and corresponding fan base, which helped, and of course Steve Jobs. Microsoft invested some money in Apple to help alleviate anti-trus
by macintux 4y ago
Apple had a long history and corresponding fan base, which helped, and of course Steve Jobs.
Microsoft invested some money in Apple to help alleviate anti-trust issues, but from my reading the more substantive assistance was a commitment to ship Office for Mac.
https://medium.com/the-techlife/why-did-microsoft-invest-150-million-in-microsoft-in-1997-cf67ff802c66 https://medium.com/the-techlife/why-did-microsoft-invest-150...
- Someone 4y agoI don’t think anti-trust was the reason for that deal with Apple. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Canyon_Company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Canyon_Company: “Later testimony in the United States v. Microsoft Corp. case revealed that, at the time, Apple was threatening Microsoft with a multibillion-dollar lawsuit over the allegedly stolen code, and in return Bill Gates was threatening the cancellation of Microsoft Office for Mac. In August 1997, Apple and Microsoft announced a settlement deal. Apple would drop all current lawsuits, including all lingering issues from the "Look & Feel" lawsuit and the "QuickTime source code" lawsuit, and agree to make Internet Explorer for Mac the default browser on the Macintosh unless the user explicitly chose the bundled Netscape browser. In return, Microsoft agreed to continue developing Office, Internet Explorer, and various developer tools and software for the Mac for the next 5 years, and purchase $150 million of non-voting Apple stock. The companies also agreed to mutual collaboration on Java technologies, and to cross-license all existing patents, and patents obtained during the five-year deal, with one another”