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Kind of like how they lost to Microsoft, then had ads (10+ years later) saying "Redmond, get your photocopiers ready." That was pretty distasteful considering t
by JimmaDaRustla 14y ago
Kind of like how they lost to Microsoft, then had ads (10+ years later) saying "Redmond, get your photocopiers ready." That was pretty distasteful considering the bailout by Microsoft in 1997. Oh well, competition is competition.
- cryptoz 14y agoI would have no problem with that line if it weren't in Apple's blood to copy copy copy, at least to the same degree if not more than Microsoft. The hypocrisy is really what annoys me.
- mmariani 14y agoIt's not copy when you improve it. Whenever I use Unity or Win7 I see lots of little details "copied" from OSX.
- Anechoic 14y agoThat was pretty distasteful considering the bailout by Microsoft in 1997 It wasn't a "bailout" it was a legal settlement.
- JimmaDaRustla 14y agoWhat are you talking about? I'm referring to the investment Microsoft made in 1997 to rescue Apple from bankruptcy, not to mention their contributions to add value to their system. Definitely a bailout. Edit: http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2009/08/dayintech_0806/ http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2009/08/dayintech_0806/
- Anechoic 14y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Canyon_Company http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Canyon_Company That investment was (in part, along with a cash settlement) the resultion of a dispute over Microsoft using Quicktime code in their Video for Windows product.
- JimmaDaRustla 14y agoPretty sure Microsoft would have no problem holding their own in court - they had a good track record at that point. Seems like they just leveraged their and Apple's positions to bundle it into the deal. If it were a "settlement", it would have happened in the court room. Apple surrendered the case just to stay alive.