Walt Mossberg

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2/ There are a lot of myths about this transaction, which I discussed in detail at the time with both CEOs. For one thing, Microsoft got a patent cross-licensing pact out of the deal. For another, it got to be able to tell the government and others that it had competition. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 8, 2021

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1/ Twenty-four years ago today: the @nytimes gave front page play to the news that @Microsoft had bought $150 million in non-voting stock to help the struggling @Apple. — PolitiTweet.org

The front page #OTD in 1997. Microsoft buys a $150 million share of financially troubled Apple. #nytimes https://t.co/eD6f4fDVTR

Posted Aug. 8, 2021

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3/ There was also a promise to keep making Office for the Mac. Apple needed this, but Bill Gates told me more than once that, in those days, Microsoft made more profit from each copy of Mac Office than from each copy of Windows Office. So it wasn’t a sacrifice. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 8, 2021