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Microsoft bailed them out to avoid further antitrust inquiries.

• smacktoward 11y ago
  That came much later: the Microsoft investment was announced in 1997, at Steve Jobs' first keynote after returning to Apple.
  • cms07 11y ago
    But regardless, I think Apple could have easily ended up just the same as the others without it.
    • macintux 11y ago
      The "bailout" was a payoff for IP infringement and was small potatoes, something like $150 million.
      • rstupek 11y ago
        Assuming you mean the Mac IP and if so I believe Microsoft had a cross licensing deal in place which would cover it. It never got to litigation though.