Since VoIP is apparently the next big thing, maybe Apple should take a long hard look at Skype. It seems to me like this application might be much more than just a fad. If Apple would buy in now, it might score big.
Coincidentally, i happened to just recently receive my normal /. headlines and one was about Skype. After finally doing all the info i could stand i decided to close up and got to bed when i see a little red one on the dock. Sure enough, it is you talking about skype.
Why do i tell you this, because i want to know if you happened to have just read the same /. (slash) engadget thing as i read?
Yep! /. just reminded me of this nifty app. It seems to me like Skype is an actual disruptive technology and who better than Apple could bring it forward? It could become as big as the iPod to Apple if they were to develop this new solution...
Several years ago, MS tried to buy Intuit, but the government blocked it. I don't know if Apple would have the same problem, though I would guess not.
MS Money and Quicken are really the only money management applications out there. It would be in violation of anti-trust laws if Microsoft were to buy intuit or if intuit were to aquire Money. A company other than microsoft aquiring intuit wouldn't be a problem.
How? You can't just buy a company, it has to be consensual, and we all know Apple would say no.
Actually, when a company is publically traded (that is, its shares are sold on the stock exchange market), nothing stops anyone from trying to buy all, or at least the majority of those shares. Only the people who own those shares can decide if they want to sell or not. Depending on the price offered for those shares, the "buying" company migh be able to convince enough people to sell their shares to them, even if the administration of the "target" company doesn't want to be sold (hence the "hostile" takeover). If 50% + 1 of the voting shares are bought by the "buying" company, it effectively takes control of the target company, which basically means that the target company now belongs to them.
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Why do i tell you this, because i want to know if you happened to have just read the same /. (slash) engadget thing as i read?
Originally posted by MacRealtor
If Apple would acquire Intuit (much smaller market cap), Apple would or could:
Several years ago, MS tried to buy Intuit, but the government blocked it. I don't know if Apple would have the same problem, though I would guess not.
Originally posted by Splinemodel
Several years ago, MS tried to buy Intuit, but the government blocked it. I don't know if Apple would have the same problem, though I would guess not.
MS Money and Quicken are really the only money management applications out there. It would be in violation of anti-trust laws if Microsoft were to buy intuit or if intuit were to aquire Money. A company other than microsoft aquiring intuit wouldn't be a problem.
Originally posted by Jwink3101
To turn the tables. I wonder is MSFT will ever do a hostile takeover of Apple. I would be in a corner crying but it could happen
How? You can't just buy a company, it has to be consensual, and we all know Apple would say no.
Originally posted by Placebo
How? You can't just buy a company, it has to be consensual, and we all know Apple would say no.
Er... hostile...
Originally posted by Placebo
How? You can't just buy a company, it has to be consensual, and we all know Apple would say no.
Actually, when a company is publically traded (that is, its shares are sold on the stock exchange market), nothing stops anyone from trying to buy all, or at least the majority of those shares. Only the people who own those shares can decide if they want to sell or not. Depending on the price offered for those shares, the "buying" company migh be able to convince enough people to sell their shares to them, even if the administration of the "target" company doesn't want to be sold (hence the "hostile" takeover). If 50% + 1 of the voting shares are bought by the "buying" company, it effectively takes control of the target company, which basically means that the target company now belongs to them.