alt Hacker NewsOne way or the other, it was a cash injection from Microsoft, after all who paid the salaries from Office developers?
Also you're forgetting the part that those announcements gave Apple a good marketing for additional credit from banks.
One way or the other, it was a cash injection from Microsoft, after all who paid the salaries from Office developers?
Also you're forgetting the part that those announcements gave Apple a good marketing for additional credit from banks.
Microsoft had been writing the components of the Office Apps since 1985. Word and Excel were first developed on the Mac and PowerPoint was an original Mac App acquired by Microsoft.
At one point, Microsoft was making more money on each Mac sold than Apple. Microsoft wasn’t doing it for charity. If it were, why did it do it before the agreement and continue to support Mac today?
Apple got credit from banks before either the announcement or Steve Jobs return.