IBM Buyout?

[AJW]

Another Idea...

It could be that IBM and Apple are going into a deal where IBM buys Apple stock, and Apple buys IBM processors. Just as, a few years ago, MS bought Apple stock, and Apple made IE the default browser. The current arrangement with MS seems to be working well, and, seeing as Motorola can't crank out enough G4/G5's for Apple, a similar arrangement seems possible, if not likely, between Apple and IBM.

This is where the word "buy" comes in and how the rumor got blown out of proportion. Although IBM may buy Apple stock, if the above were to occur, it wouldn't be IBM buing Apple itself.

 

[PyroTurtle]

i wonder how motorola feels about all of this...
they've done so much work suposedly on the G5...unless the G5 is really an IBM proc, if so, then this makes all that much more sence! i hope IBM is working on the G5, i like IBM...as a few people have noted, they've changed! they're not big brother, if you watched Pirates of Silicon Valley you'd know it was Microsoft. i think an outright buyout would work, but only if apple was left alone and given lots and lots of money to continue being apple....

 

[stoid]

they finally realize Apple's genius. They're taking the slogan, if you can't beat join 'em