On Feb 6, 2004, at 9:15 PM, Michael Havens wrote:

>
> Remember that cartoon we were directed to this morning that I didn't=20=

> get?
> Well, I've been reading some of the past cartoons of that guy (that is=20=

> a
> rather funny cartoon~ that fuzzy thing is a dustball from a server=20
> rack) and
> it says that Microsoft acquired Apple in 1997. Is that true?

Not really. But Jobs told the Mac folks something like 'The war is=20
over. Microsoft won.'
>
> I remember that microsoft gave them a bunch of money some time=20
> ago..... was
> that for stock in the company?

There was a big deal between MS and Apple in 1997. MS gave Apple $150 M=20=

for some non-voting stock which they have since sold for a tidy profit=20=

plus another undisclosed amount, rumored to be more than $150 M to=20
settle the lawsuit that Apple filed against  them after the string '=A9=20=

Apple Computer 19xx' was found in Windows Media Player. MS never denied=20=

that Apple code was in their program but  claimed that a contractor had=20=

put it there without their knowledge. MS agreed to keep making Mac=20
Office for several years and Apple agreed to make IE the default=20
browser on the Mac.=