Would you want to owna product from a company that does buisness like this?

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Originally Posted by StirCrazy

certionaly looks like they launched a lawsuit against MS to me.

I never said they didn't, I said the details you posted were incorrect.

Originally Posted by StirCrazy

in fact if MS wounldn't have given money to Apple in 97, there might not be a apple. but like anything else... MS needs compatition or they are declaired a monopoly so it was in there best interest to keep Apple floating. just like the comercials they let apple run.

That's a pretty common interpretation and a deeply flawed one. There is no way Microsoft could defend a charge of being a monopoly by highlighting Apple, they owned 100 Million in preferred stock! Pointing out that you own a big chunk of your strongest competition would NOT help.

Originally Posted by StirCrazy

"The lawsuit single-handedly tainted Microsoft-Apple relations until 1997, when Microsoft pumped $100 million into Apple.
The 1985 agreement hurt Sculley almost as much as the judgment did. Mac users everywhere were shocked that the Apple CEO would give Microsoft unfettered access to the Macintosh interface in exchange for Excel and Word.
Apple appealed the ruling and made it all the way to the Supreme Court, which declined to hear the case"

I'd respectfully suggest you link to wikipedia entries in the future rather than do the copy / paste thing, even if you do use quotes. The only obvious indication of the transition is the lack of spelling mistakes.