Apple's Stock on the Rise

[aswitcher]

However it does tickle me to think of Sony buying Apple and leaving Steve in charge. Can you say "palace coup"? Steve takes over the zaibatsu and its team of corporate ninjas....they pay a visit to a large home in Medina Wa....

No, can't see that scenario. I don't think Steve can be more than a figure head for Sony, its too big and too Japanese. I think Apple could suffer from Sonyfying

 

[Bigheadache]

No, can't see that scenario. I don't think Steve can be more than a figure head for Sony, its too big and too Japanese. I think Apple could suffer from Sonyfying

I agree. I have read this entire thread and I still don't understand where people are seeing Apple and Sony as a good fit. Sony don't NEED Apple (they may like them), its not a pure fit with their core competencies of media and consumer electronics, and Apple would be a very expensive buy anyway just to get access to "digital lifestyle" devices and iTunes. Besides that Jobs would walk away from Apple, I've always seen him as a very driven personality and I can't see him giving up control and working within such a large bureaucracy.

 

[macghost]

No, can't see that scenario. I don't think Steve can be more than a figure head for Sony, its too big and too Japanese. I think Apple could suffer from Sonyfying

uhhhh... that was a joke

 

[aswitcher]

uhhhh... that was a joke

Well spotted newbie Yes, due to rampant speculation about why Apple shares are going up with the unlikely threat of a take over by a company that I feel would only do very bad things for the Apple line, coupled with my continued sadness at not seeing my new G5 PowerBook available for purchase, I am in a permanent state of poor humour...