Microsoft owns shares of Apple?

[Nadeem]

Hello guys
I am student.
Lastly there was this 'senior' student who came to make a demo on Win2k
Server. During his speech this Mr Know-it-all mentioned that Microsoft
owns a large fraction of Apple.

Is that true?
Please pardon my ignorance

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[Martin Basil]

"Nadeem" <rkcomm@intnet.mu> wrote in message
news:c03h5e$rcm$1@news.intnet.mu... Hello guys I am student. Lastly there was this 'senior' student who came to make a demo on Win2k Server. During his speech this Mr Know-it-all mentioned that Microsoft owns a large fraction of Apple. Is that true? Please pardon my ignorance

If I recall Microsoft bailed Apple out some years ago but that was because
they sell a lot of Office software to Apple users. I suppose they could have
got stock then

Martin

[Rob Stow]

Martin Basil wrote: "Nadeem" <rkcomm@intnet.mu> wrote in message news:c03h5e$rcm$1@news.intnet.mu...Hello guysI am student.Lastly there was this 'senior' student who came to make a demo on Win2kServer. During his speech this Mr Know-it-all mentioned that Microsoftowns a large fraction of Apple.Is that true?Please pardon my ignorance If I recall Microsoft bailed Apple out some years ago but that was because they sell a lot of Office software to Apple users. I suppose they could have got stock then Martin

My understanding is that MS owns no stock (or at least not
a significant amount) in Apple. What they apparently do have
is a seat on the board, as part and parcel of the financial
assistance the gave Apple a few years ago.

[Tony Hill]

On Sat, 07 Feb 2004 11:43:25 +0400, Nadeem <rkcomm@intnet.mu> wrote:Hello guysI am student.Lastly there was this 'senior' student who came to make a demo on Win2kServer. During his speech this Mr Know-it-all mentioned that Microsoftowns a large fraction of Apple.

Microsoft has had an on-again/off-again dealing in Apple stock. I
don't know their current position, but at various times they have
owned some percentage of the company. I don't think it was ever a
"large fraction" though, certainly never a controlling fraction.

It's probably important to remember here that Microsoft is one of the
world's largest producers of Mac software.

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