No way is Apple going to buy Nuance for $7 Billion.
Apple doesn't make large, stupid acquisitions like Microsoft, and Icahn isn't going to weasel his way into the company like this.
Maybe Nuance has patents that Apple needs, but $7 Billion?
BMW and others use Nuance software, and BMW hasn't signed up for Siri yet.
Maybe Icahn is going to threaten Cook with more patent suits in their upcoming lunch meeting?
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iUgly
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This video of Jobs and Gates reminiscing with Walt Mossberg covers what their early years were like.
Their relationship before the Mac was very different then.
When Jobs eventually regained his CEO position in 1997, Bill Gates helped Apple financially.
Jobs struck this deal with Gates:
MS would keep developing their office applications for the MacOS and MS would invest $150M in Apple with a lot of strings attached.
For example, Apple had to give up their patent suits against MS for copying the Mac OS with Windows 95.
When Jobs spoke at Macworld Expo at Boston in 1997 Bill Gates appeared on a giant screen behind Jobs.
This was greeted with a mixture of mostly boos and a smattering of incredulous applause from the audience.
Jobs later said in his autobiography that he regretted the gigantic image of Bill Gates looming over him on stage.
Jobs also rued the fact that he had to give up the patent suits against MS for Widows 95 cloning the Mac OS, in order to get Apple back on it's feet.
There was another big plus in this deal for Gates & MS too.
They had been accused of being a monopoly and were under investigation by the FTC and Congress.
Having Jobs back at a viable Apple gave MS the cover they needed to duck the monopoly charges.
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