Google buying Apple, a speculation...

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http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2007/06/20/apple_buyout_rumours/

"Maybe Jobs’s queasiness with thinking about legacy comes from the pancreatic-cancer scare he received, and eluded, a few years ago. Or perhaps it comes from another sort of brush with death—the Apple stock-option backdating scandal that embroiled him recently—which he also has managed to survive. Some of his friends say these close calls have mellowed him. "I see him around the neighborhood," says one. "He looks different than he did a few years ago. I think he may want to do something else."
Say what? "I think that Google is going to buy Apple," this person says. "It would be a victory for Apple; they’d get major-league partners, money, and engineers. And it would be a victory for Steve—a huge win that lets him leave the stage."


Wow, that is some speculation. What are your opinions?

I like them as partners, but one company?

Rich.

 

[0007776]

They work well as partners, but there is no need for them to be one company. I think that they will work better at their areas of business if that is all that they are focused on instead of it being one large company that tries to do everything.

 

[GimmeSlack12]

This is ridiculous. Apple would get big time partners? What about BMW, and Mercedes, and all record labels and movie partnerships? Those aren't big time? They would get more engineers? I'm sure Apple is doing just fine with applicants.

This is as dumb of speculation as that Ziff Davis article saying Leopard is copying Vista.

 

[Legolamb]

Legacy thinking is not a bad idea. If any company is so tied with it's CEO, then there is a potential disaster. I think Buffet and Berkshire Hathaway has to deal with the same thing.
But why not think of Apple taking over Google instead

 

[Project]

I dont even think Google could afford to buy Apple who currently have a market cap of $100bn

 

[EricNau]

At this point, it's not even a possibility.

 

[elfin buddy]

To add my voice: nope, it's not gonna happen!

 

[WillJS]

Please no Gapple?

 

[paddy]

Please no Gapple?

Love it!

 

[Jim Campbell]

Please no Gapple?

Goople, surely?

Cheers!

Jim

 

[goodtimes5]

No way this would happen.

 

[twoodcc]

i don't see this happening anytime soon. but maybe in the future....only time will tell

 

[Igantius]

GK's track record isn't that impressive - and in this he's way off the mark. The comments made by readers are quite interesting though.

Bob Cringley wrote an interesting article about the difference between Gates and Jobs a few years back - he points out that Jobs has it pretty sweet.

....That's because Steve's definition of success is different from Bill's, and from that of most other people in the computer industry. Success to Steve means getting his own way. That's all. Forget about market share. It's all about longevity and personal dominance.

...In Steve Jobs' mind, he has already won. Those of us who last for a few decades in this business find our own kind of peace and Steve Jobs' is best exemplified by the George Herbert quote, "Living well is the best revenge." Apple's future as a boutique computer company is secure. He dominates Apple completely. When he doesn't feel like being a high tech mogul, he can be a movie mogul, something Gates will never be. In Steve's mind, he has the best of everything. Apple software is cooler than Windows will ever be. Palo Alto, where Jobs lives, is trendier than Seattle. Even Jobs' plane, a Gulfstream V, is cooler than Gates' Challenger 604. It goes on and on. Gates has never even considered this latter point, but I'll guarantee you that Jobs has, and he revels in it.

Now you may not necessarily agree with Cringely, but when put that like why would SJ sell out?