Thread: Change of heart at Apple?
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Old 04-26-2012, 02:39 PM   #46
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Originally Posted by Andrew H. View Post
They were allowed to buy stock *before* Apple went public. Apple went public the next year and the $1 million in stock became worth about $20 million.
But that wasn't pre-ordained, and it wasn't a purchase of the technology. In fact after Apple sued Microsoft over the GUI, Xerox sued Apple.
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