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I always wondered if Bill got nostalgic and decided to spare Apple specially when it was lying on the ground nearly dead. Maybe he decided to give a chance to i

I always wondered if Bill got nostalgic and decided to spare Apple specially when it was lying on the ground nearly dead. Maybe he decided to give a chance to is old foe? (Maybe I am just crazy)

BJWSmith 17y ago
It was politically the best move for Microsoft. As Jobs states, Apple + Microsoft = 100% market share for desktops. If Apple were to go, as start ups enter, Microsoft's shear size would be an easy target for monopolistic practices. Propping up Apple enables Apple to potentially share that burden, all the while having a very public act to ward off the litigious.