Slow news day perhaps?

itoldyouso

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[quote]Story Filed: Friday, February 15, 2002 10:19 AM EST



Feb 15, 2002 (JAGfn.com via COMTEX) -- Apple Computer (AAPL) $24.85 - Rumor

that (IBM) will make a $45 a share bid for company. Neither company was

available for comment.



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nonsuch

Well, it would solve Apple's processor woes ...

macsrgood4u

Seems silly. IBM has tranformed itself into a software company with some computer sales (servers and mail order) bringing up the rear. I believe their consumer desktop is made by ??? - Dell? you know, the black monstrosity advertised on tv.

richard788

The horror, the horror...

leonis

But at least the PPC's future should be a little brighter than now...dont' you think?

rickag

Why exactly would IBM be interested in buying Apple?

sizzle chest

[quote]Originally posted by rickag:

<strong>Why exactly would IBM be interested in buying Apple?</strong><hr></blockquote>



Apple has a much cuter logo than IBM.

macanoid(tm)

In case anybody's forgotten, the two copanies were close to a merger way back in 93 or 94.



I for one would think this would benefit Apple enormously. With Apple and IBM as one company, they would truely build and control the OS and hardware.

Not to mention the opportunities of OS X to gain foothold in the world of business.

macsrgood4u

The story has such poor validity that not another single source has picked it up.

There was no near merger back in that time period... just talk on the street. Both parties denied it. Fridays are indeed slow news days sometimes.

amorph

There's <a href="http://forums.appleinsider.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=10&t=000989#000020"; target="_blank">a thread about this</a> in General Discussion.