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Nick on 05 December 2007
Sqrl said:
holy crap!

I watched that interview and when I was done there was $50 missing from my wallet!

On a serious note, this is actually a pretty interesting interview for those willing to watch all 7 parts, particularly if you remember this era or happen to know what they are referring to.

lmao

I suggest you purchase this then: http://www.microsoft.com/money/order.aspx

And it just happens to be a steal at 49.99 (after $30 mail-in rebate).   



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loadedstatement on 05 December 2007
OnlyIsrael said:
Well, since microsoft holds ~30% shares of apple its not too surprising

 

Im pretty sure thats not true.  If it is, any proof? 

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Vengi on 05 December 2007
loadedstatement said:
OnlyIsrael said:
Well, since microsoft holds ~30% shares of apple its not too surprising

 

Im pretty sure thats not true.  If it is, any proof? 

From my memory - so this might not be perfectly accurate - I believe it was an £100 million investment, it was for non-voting shares and microsoft sold them a few years later when apple started to do well.



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RedToof on 05 December 2007

It is true. Apple almost went belly up in the pre-ipod days. MS gave them a crap load of money (i.e. bought stock) to keep them a float.



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Vengi on 05 December 2007

http://www.news.com/2100-1001-202143.html



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a.l.e.x59 on 05 December 2007
super_etecoon said:
a.l.e.x59 said:
super_etecoon said:
um...alex...are you spamming?

And how is this spamming?

 


 You posted 5 threads in 5 minutes...that's what I was referring to.


I guess I'm just a fast typer...

 



Smash_Brother on 06 December 2007
RedToof said:
It is true. Apple almost went belly up in the pre-ipod days. MS gave them a crap load of money (i.e. bought stock) to keep them a float.

 Yep, that was back when they were going to break up MS for being a monopoly.

If Apple had gone under, MS would have DEFINITELY been considered a monopoly. 



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a.l.e.x59 on 06 December 2007
Smash_Brother said:
RedToof said:
It is true. Apple almost went belly up in the pre-ipod days. MS gave them a crap load of money (i.e. bought stock) to keep them a float.

 Yep, that was back when they were going to break up MS for being a monopoly.

If Apple had gone under, MS would have DEFINITELY been considered a monopoly. 


Ooh, a "Microsoft Edition" Monopoly board game!

*Joking*


OnlyIsrael on 12 December 2007
a.l.e.x59 said:
Smash_Brother said:
RedToof said:
It is true. Apple almost went belly up in the pre-ipod days. MS gave them a crap load of money (i.e. bought stock) to keep them a float.

Yep, that was back when they were going to break up MS for being a monopoly.

If Apple had gone under, MS would have DEFINITELY been considered a monopoly.


Ooh, a "Microsoft Edition" Monopoly board game!

*Joking*

Actually, I was just joking. I thought making outrageous claims with no supporting documentation would be ignored as ridiculous. Oh wait, I forgot that this is how people debate on the internet, my bad.

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ChronotriggerJM on 12 December 2007

How does a 150m investment buy 30% of Apple?



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