The Partnership That Could Have Changed Everything 167
DesertBlade writes "Bloomberg is reporting that, at one point, Microsoft had considered an Apple/iPod partnership before it released its own MP3 player. Microsoft was apparently displeased with MP3 players partnerships they had already made, notably the Creative and Dell models. This information came from court documents introduced in an antitrust lawsuit from Iowa. From the article: 'Microsoft had been working with partners on music devices for at least a year before Apple introduced the iPod in 2001 and catapulted to a dominant position in the market. Microsoft and its partners failed to come up with compelling hardware and had difficulty getting software to properly connect music collections on computers with their devices.' If this Apple/Microsoft partnership was formed how would this have changed the Microsoft and Apple dynamics?"
If... (Score:5, Funny)
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"Longhorn is a pig!" -- Jim Allchin
And this was said when Allchin was heading up development on Longhorn. Hilarious if it weren't true, even more hilarious because it is.
Like this: (Score:5, Funny)
"You got peanut butter in my chocolate!"
In this case, though, read "strychnine" instead of "peanut butter".
What do you get when you combine MS and Apple? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Like this: (Score:5, Funny)
1st man: Hi, I'm a Mac!
2nd man: and I'm a PC.
1st man: and we're in a civil partnership!
*Cue immediate censure across US*
Re:If... (Score:3, Funny)
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Re:I know... (Score:5, Funny)
*No, I didn't actually mean that.
What could have changed? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:If... (Score:5, Funny)
Not exactly. It's more like a visitors pass into Hell instead of being a permanent resident - you can always leave when it all becomes too much.
Re:Steve Jobs wouldn't have allowed this (Score:3, Funny)
Actually Allchin did make the call. (Score:3, Funny)
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