Posted by Lloyd Parsons on 12/31/07 21:02

In article <flb2a4$csq$1@news.xmission.com>,
glenzabr@nospam.xmission.com (GMAN) wrote:

> In article <Vo1ej.53681$vd4.39196@pd7urf1no>, "JR" <igoturspaminmy@sat.nz>
> wrote:
> >
> >"T.B." <Partyslammer@socal.rr.com> wrote in message
> >news:4777dc1f$1$10992$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
> >> "POD {???}" wrote:
> >>
> >> (snip)
> >>
> >>> HD DVD fans are like Mac users, they feel so insecure about their wrong
> >>> purchasing choice that they need to take swipes at the opposing
> >>> technology.
> >>
> >> Too funny.
> >>
> >> T.B.
> >
> >Beta Ray fans are the same. All fangirls are the same no matter what they
> >like.
> >Remeber everyone claming Apple was going to go broke for..years..now they
> >are massive and growing with stocks worth $200 a share. Pretty good for a
> >company that was declared dead a million times :) I guess Apple/Steve Jobs
> >owning Pixar helps a bit as well, and that ipod and imac stuff :)
> >
> >
> >
> and all of the isheeple
>
> Apple was all but broke before Microsoft infused some money into them and
> Steve Jobs returned.

That is a old wive's tale. MS put damn little money into Apple in the
form of non-voting stock, which they've since divested themselves of.
It was all part and parcel of competing lawsuits and such at the time.

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