Re: The IBM PC's slavish devotion to the Apple II

["Chris Alaimo" <cpalaimo@excite.com>]

"Simon Williams" <email@luddite.ca> wrote in message
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> Bill Garber <willy46pa@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> <snip>
> > > And, being that you're so high on having a source, could you give one
> > > for the statement where you said that IBM bailed out Apple?  I don't
> > > seem to remember that.
> >
> > Maybe the original poster of that statement will repost,
> > it was something I read on one of the usergroups also.
> > I guess I should've kept quiet. I have a bad habit of speaking
> > out of turn. Sorry.
>
> Hey Bill, are you thinking of Microsoft rather than IBM? I'm not clear
> on the details, but I believe MS was instrumental in keeping Apple on
> the go during the late 90's. Some cynical folks would suggest that they
> did this because the continued existence of Apple Computer Inc was
> evidence against the Microsoft monopoly.

Does anyone know how much money Microsoft makes from selling their products
(mainly MS Office) for the Mac platform?  I'm not a mac user, so I don't
know how popular Office is on the mac, but unless MS is making considerable
monies from this arrangement, a case could certainly be made for the
"cynical" point of view of which you speak.

> [No source available -- just a vague recollection ;-) ]
>
> Simon
>
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