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ryanwatkins on Oct 21, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Mozilla Reaction to U.S. vs. Google

Microsoft netted about $550 million from that $150 million investment in Apple.

gilrain on Oct 21, 2020 | [–]

An interesting factoid, but of course you don't think that Microsoft made that investment in their then-failing competitor because they expected a good return. Right?

srtjstjsj on Oct 22, 2020 | [–]

On what timescale?

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