[Tarang]

> Because the very thing that enabled Apple to rise from near bankruptcy to just about the most profitable company in the history of capitalism

Adjusted for inflation I think that title still belongs to IBM through the 70s.

[danoprey]

Or the East India Company if you want to go even further back.

[pm90]

Can you please elaborate? The East India Company never recovered from its episode of near-bankruptcy

[sp332]

Not the near-bankruptcy part, just the most-profitable part.

[danoprey]

Thanks, beat me to it. Which leads me to ask, were IBM near bankrupt before roaring back?