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by mbesto 4156 days ago
Apple has failed itself more times than you remember. They did it with the Lisa, they did it when they tried to launch a PDA (Newton), and I'm pretty sure they'll crash and burn when they try to release an MP3 player or a smartphone. Apple is as volatile as they come. When it was business computing, they made the Apple III, and when it was USB, they made a mouse.

How is Apple doing these days?
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jacquesm 4156 days ago
Good example, thanks! Apple in fact did nearly crash and burn and all that kept them alive at some point was a hand-out from Microsoft.

And from a utility point of view: if all the apple hardware in the world would disappear tomorrow we'd get on just fine, but if all the IBM hardware (and software) would disappear tomorrow the world would grind to a very swift halt and it would be quite a while before we could say we're past the worst.

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IBM 4156 days ago
Microsoft's investment was too small to save Apple at that time, their revenue and losses were in the billions. The $150 million was symbolic, the more important thing was their commitment to the platform.

This article says that the investment was actually a result of a legal settlement.

http://www.zdnet.com/article/stop-the-lies-the-day-that-micr...

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