On Friday, April 11, 2003, at 03:37 PM, NaegeleWDC at aol.com wrote: > "The idea of Apple paying $5 billion to $6 billion in cash and stock > for anything is scary," said Joseph Beaulieu, an analyst at > Morningstar, who doesn't own shares of the company. Apple, which only > has $4 billion in cash, would be diluting ownership in its computer > business for the one industry that is having more trouble than > computers, he added. > At the risk of taking this out of context, I love that "only" $4 billion in cash line! Mark