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PlatoIsADisease 7 hours ago

Interesting to think that:

>If Microsoft never bailed Apple out, this wouldn't be on the front page today

>If Apple didn't have the greatest marketing team of all time and nail the ipod commercial, this wouldn't be on the front page today

>If Apple charged competitive prices for the iphone, rather than make it a veblen good, this wouldn't be on the front page today.

If I could only consider how much luck is involved in life, it might make setbacks feel better.

raw_anon_1111 5 hours ago | parent [-]

Which is another myth that needs to die. Apple had a couple of billion in the bank from a loan that they secured and they lost much more than the measly $250 million that Microsoft invested. Not to mention that Apple