In Reply to: RE: Privacy Alert posted by Charles Hansen on October 26, 2017 at 05:30:13:
Gates propped up Apple to prevent MS from being labeled a monopoly. Ensuring the future of Apple meant (at the time) their would always be a viable alternative to MS, thus no monopoly. But at that time (early mid- 90's) MS was effectively a monopoly. Apple recovered, and the Clinton era justice dept launched an investigation into MS that eventually caused a change in direction for the co and led Gates into pulling back from day to day management. The genesis of the later is rumored to be a snub of Clinton by Gates when Clinton was trolling for money in Silicon Valley.
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- MS - Apple - Ross 06:25:54 10/26/17 (1)
- Thanks for the great info! (nt) - Charles Hansen 23:25:47 10/26/17 (0)