I distinctly remember that they owned both Pepsi and Coke, for example.
Ha. LIKE the Mormons would let that happen.
And I could've sworn that MicroGoogle bought AOL/TimeWarner and Disney, and is going to be renamed McGoogle.
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Volans - Oct 24, 2005 2:36:09 am PDT #5270 of 10003
move out and draw fire
DCJensen - Oct 24, 2005 4:31:39 am PDT #5271 of 10003
All is well that ends in pizza.
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I thought Microsoft bought Apple about 7 years ago?
Heh. I know you're being facetious.
t Avoids taking the bait.
Jon B. - Oct 24, 2005 4:55:08 am PDT #5272 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Ha. LIKE the Mormons would let that happen.
Didn't the Masons buy the Mormons?
amych - Oct 24, 2005 4:57:08 am PDT #5273 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Didn't the Masons buy the Mormons?
Yep. Now known as M&M. They send out coded messages to the faithful in the form of little candies.
tommyrot - Oct 24, 2005 5:21:32 am PDT #5274 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Now known as M&M. They send out coded messages to the faithful in the form of little candies.
Which is why you can get the red M&Ms again (they're the ones that are an aphrodesiac (you need at least five)).
Betsy HP - Oct 24, 2005 7:31:33 am PDT #5275 of 10003
If I only had a brain...
No, it's the GREEN ones. Kids today, yeesh.
Volans - Oct 24, 2005 7:45:21 am PDT #5276 of 10003
move out and draw fire
Actually I wasn't being facetious. Remember when Steve Jobs announced that Microsoft had bought a controlling amount of shares in Apple? They recreated the famous 1984 TV ad, except it was Bill Gates' face on the screen, telling everybody that Microsoft would make sure Apple succeeded?
Let me Google...
tommyrot - Oct 24, 2005 7:46:44 am PDT #5277 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Remember when Steve Jobs announced that Microsoft had bought a controlling amount of shares in Apple?
I'm pretty sure it wasn't a controlling interest.
Tom Scola - Oct 24, 2005 8:16:48 am PDT #5278 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
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Volans - Oct 24, 2005 8:27:47 am PDT #5279 of 10003
move out and draw fire
(back from Google)
You're right, tommy, it wasn't a controlling interest (I'm guessing that would've been too much for the USG to ignore on the monopoly front). I've been reading fairly dry legal contracts about which company has to do what...and my head hurts.
MS invested $150 million in Apple, resulting in the renaissance of Apple. In return, Apple got protection from being hostily overtaken and had to share trade/development with MS (not thoroughly but in several definied areas).
What I'm trying to find is how much money Microsoft gets when people buy Apple things...I assume it's the same as any other shareholder, times 25 million (approx. the number of shares MS has in Apple).