Always Remember What Really Took Place.
This was one of the biggest things ever to happen in the tech world. Without this event taking place, apple would not exist period! No one wants to remember when Bill Gates and Microsoft actually saved Steve Jobs. And that is something no one thinks about now days. This took place in 1997, 20 years ago.
"1997: Microsoft rescues one-time and future nemesis Apple with a $150 million investment that breathes new life into a struggling Silicon Alley icon.". And without this, at the time because of money situations in apple, and them having to put so much money up with the lawsuit, which would completely cripple them at that time if it kept going..
"In a remarkable feat of negotiating legerdemain, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs got needed cash — in return for non-voting shares — and an assurance that Microsoft would support Office for the Mac for five years. Apple agreed to drop a long-running lawsuit in which they alleged Microsoft copied the look and feel of the Mac OS for Windows and to make Internet Explorer the default browser on its computers — but not the only choice."
Interesting story
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