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> Back in '97, Microsoft invested 150m into Apple as well as published office on macs. This was very likely an effort to keep a competitor alive to pretend windows was not a monopoly.

Yes, but ultimately, it DID keep Apple alive at a critical juncture, and Apple ended up returning to relevance, at least in newer markets.

So maybe even such artificial life preservers sometimes have a competitive benefit.




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