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In 1985 Bill Gates Proposed Mac Licensing to Apple

In 1985, AppleMatters carried this story, If the Mac has ever had a bigger fanboy than Bill Gates it is unclear who it was. In the days before the release of the Mac, Microsoft had more people working on software for the Mac than Apple had employees.

Check this for the text of the memo – http://www.scripting.com/specials/gatesLetter/text.html

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Pixar buyout for $7 billion

On Tuesday, board members for Pixar Animation Studios will meet to approve a $7 billion buyout by Disney.

The buyout will make Steve Jobs, the company’s chief executive, around $3.5 billion and the single largest shareholder in Disney. Jobs, who co-founded Pixar in 1986, is also the chief executive of Apple Computer, Inc.

In the last few years, the giant company has failed to produce an animated hit of its own; however, since 1995, both Pixar and Disney have made six films together, including Toy Story, which has grossed the companies more than $3.2 billion.

News source: Telegraph
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Source: Neowin.net