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Subject: Re: The Apple ][ was crap
From: "william strutts" <wrstrutts1@home.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2001 03:22:15 GMT
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2, comp.sys.cbm, comp.sys.sinclair, comp.sys.tandy
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"Charles Richmond" <richmond@ev1.net> wrote in message
3B4D2D2E.97EB64E5@ev1.net">news:3B4D2D2E.97EB64E5@ev1.net...
> res069fl wrote:
> >
> > Gates loaned them $150 million once (not 50 times) because they were
worth
> > it.  Obviously, Commodore wasn't worth it.
> > There something to be said when your own competition loans you money to
keep
> > you afloat and make you profitable again.  Commodore died and nobody
cared
> > to save them.
> >
> IMHO Apple would be better off *without* Billy-boy's money...
>
> Although Apple may be a competitor in the OS arena...Micro$uck has a
version
> of Office for the Mac... And if you buy a new Mac, the hard disk already
> has Internet Exploder and other M$ programs loaded...
>

Wasn't that part of the deal Apple made with Microsoft
when they bought 100 million dollars of Apple stock?  That
they would include Internet Explorer with the OS instead of
Netscape.

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Just hacking away...

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