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Re:A secret call to Andy Grove that may have helped Apple bu... by watertom on Friday March 20, 2020 @04:11AM (#22635918)
After Steve left, and Apple was floundering I wanted Sun to buy Apple. I was working with Wall Street Companies at the time and I tried my best to make it happen.

I also worked with Scott McNealy here and there and brought it up to him a couple of times. Once he said to me, “Apple’s not worth having without Jobs, and Apple doesn’t need anyone else if they have Jobs.”

So I knew Sun would never buy Apple.

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Re:A secret call to Andy Grove that may have helped Apple bu... by baebeegeezus on Friday March 20, 2020 @05:32AM (#22636242)
Imagine if Oracle ended up owning Apple. Unthinkable.
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Re:A secret call to Andy Grove that may have helped Apple bu... by yjftsjthsd-h on Friday March 20, 2020 @08:57AM (#22637172)
One would hope that Apple+Sun would have been successful enough to never be acquired by Oracle.
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