[Ti] Re: Titanium Digest, Vol 13, Issue 13

[Chris Olson]

On Sep 22, 2005, at 1:29 PM, Jay Snoke wrote:

> uhm, doesn't M$ still own a piece of Apple?  Might there be an  
> agreement in place as a function of M$'s large investment to bail  
> Apple out several years back that prevents Apple from being in  
> DIRECT competition with M$?

Another old wive's tale.  Microsoft did not "bail" Apple out of  
anything.  They signed an agreement to provide Office productivity  
software for the Macintosh platform in addition to purchasing $150  
million in stock, and Apple agreeing to make Microsoft Internet  
Explorer the default browser on Mac.  It also settled a long-standing  
dispute over Microsoft's alleged copyright infringement of Apple's  
operating system.

The agreement lasted for five years and expired in 2003.
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Chris