Wednesday, December 12, 2012

This One Story Tells You How Much Has Changed For Apple And Microsoft In 15 …

<p>While startups flash through Silicon Valley's pan, companies like Apple and Microsoft have endured. And the people there have long memories.</p><p>While Steve Jobs is no longer with us and Bill Gates has retired from active duty, there are plenty of veterans who remember the day when a humiliated Apple had to take Microsoft's money and settle a patent dispute.</p><p>That was August 6, 1997, when Gates appeared by satellite link at Macworld Expo in Boston to announce that Microsoft would invest $150 million in a cash-strapped Apple and commit to offering its Office suite for the Mac for the next five years.</p><p>The audience booed Gates.</p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-microsoft-office-impasse-2012-12">Keep reading...</a></p>

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