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Not sure who the "they" you reference are, but the fact that Apple hung onto the II (and its many variants) for too many years while they tried to swing for the
by llm_nerd 3y ago
Not sure who the "they" you reference are, but the fact that Apple hung onto the II (and its many variants) for too many years while they tried to swing for the fences is not some secret. That Steve Jobs returned and saved the company on the cusp is known by just about everyone. I mean, there have been multiple major motion pictures on this...
- rplst8 3y agoWith a HUGE infusion of cash from Microsoft.
- detourdog 3y agoAlso known as a lawsuit settlement. it wasn’t that large, much less huge. The big commitment to was to providing Office.
- scyzoryk_xyz 3y agoWhich probably had something to do with that anti-trust battle Microsoft fought right around then, no?
- detourdog 3y agoDefinitely. They supported office on the Mac to prove that Windows wasn't a monopoly and paid Apple $150 million dollars in a cross-licensing deal give each company complete access to current IP. The thought was that Apple would use the windows IP to provide Redbox access to the new MacOS. See Apple and Red, Yellow, and Blue boxes.