I don't know Stephen personally but he has always been an interesting character to me and I love to follow his work and read his books. I don't think the articl

I don't know Stephen personally but he has always been an interesting character to me and I love to follow his work and read his books. I don't think the article's idea is terrible, but I sense that Wolfram has a huge need for, and gains much satisfication from, autonomy. He seems to relish having a large company of scientists who he can call on (and why wouldn't you?) so if he sold to Apple, he'd either a) need to start another company with the money and hire lots of people all over again, or b) he'd end up working for Apple and lose his autonomy. If Wolfram Research is making money that serves his goals and personal preferences, I can't see why he'd sell to be honest. He doesn't seem like the type to ever retire and Wolfram Research seems like the perfect vehicle for his personal goals.