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(snip)Apple's co-founder and acting leader, Steve Jobs, announced the Microsoft deal on Wednesday at the MacWorld trade show in Boston. He said the companies would share technology and that Microsoft would invest $150 million in Apple, which helped popularize the personal computer but has suffered more than $1.6 billion in losses over the past 18 months(/snip)

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[Richard Kimball]

Uh, you lost me at the bakery. Apple paid back the loan early, thanks to the success of the original iMac, and the agreement expired quite a while ago. Gates had a vested interest in Apple staying in business when he offered the loan, as he was in the middle of a shakedown on Monopoly charges from the Clinton administration. I don't see any relevence to the post on iPods. However, in rebuttal to whatever point you were making, here's Jim Varney with a turtle on his head.