Former Sun CEOs Scott McNealy and Ed Zander recently discussed with eWeek the info of their uncomprehensible opportunity to snag Apple backwards in 1996, when it was without Steve Jobs, and in turmoil. Both of these CEOs were open in their recollection of the events directive up to a potential takeover of Apple. At the time, Sun was one of the dominant tech companies in the world.
Former Sun CEO, Scott McNealy:
“If we had bought Apple, there wouldn’t hit been iPods or iPads … I’d hit screwed that up,”
Former CEO, Ed Zander:
“Back in late 1995 early ’96, when we were at our peak, we were literally hours absent from purchase Apple for most $5 to $6 a share,â€
“Honest to gosh, I was at an analysts’ gathering in San Diego on a weekday morning and was getting primed to announce that we were feat to acquire Apple. I don’t know what we were feat to do with it, but we were feat to acquire it. (Apple) had no CEO at the time, Steve (Jobs) wasn’t there, but we didn’t intend it. Why didn’t we acquire it?”
Ultimately, what obstructed Sun from snapping up Apple?
“We desired to do it,” McNealy said. “There was an investment banker on the Apple side, an unconditional disaster, and he basically closed it. He place so some cost into the deal that we couldn’t afford to go do it.”
So it appears someone at Apple was adamant on not letting the company intend sold to Sun, and prefabricated some terminal minute brilliant moves to block the buyout. Can you envisage what would’ve happened in Sun actually bought Apple? We wouldn’t hit the iPod, iPhone, or iPad. The phylogenesis of the Mac and OSX would’ve never existed.
Can you envisage a concern without the iPod? What would we be all using for music? Chocolate brown Zunes?
[eWeek]
Why Sun Microsystems Didn’t Buy Apple Back in 1996 is a post from: iPhone in Canada Blog - Canada's #1 iPhone Resource
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