On Tue, 11 Jan 2000 wimagine@bellsouth.net wrote:
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> As for the death of the Newton--I am willing to advance my own conspiracy
> theory. You all remember that $100 million dollars that Apple got from
> Microsoft? Microsoft pledged to continue supporting the Mac. Where would the
> world be with out IE and Word?
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>From what I remember of the $100 million "investment" between Apple and
MS, it wasn't an investment at all, but rather a settlement from a
long-standing lawsuit between the two (I believe over the Windows GUI
resembling the Mac). I can probably dig up an old news article if you
like...
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