http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2009/03/19/apple-partners-ibm-and-sun-consider-merger/ Daniel Eran Dilger in San Francisco Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:03:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2009/03/19/apple-partners-ibm-and-sun-consider-merger/comment-page-1/#comment-17905 droughtquake Fri, 20 Mar 2009 04:54:23 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/?p=3334#comment-17905 One of the side-effects of all these mergers is the reduction or elimination of corporate sponsorship for many non-profits (including such worthy organizations as my local PBS stations, Frameline [SF's LGBT film festival] and many others). One of the side-effects of all these mergers is the reduction or elimination of corporate sponsorship for many non-profits (including such worthy organizations as my local PBS stations, Frameline [SF's LGBT film festival] and many others).

]]> http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2009/03/19/apple-partners-ibm-and-sun-consider-merger/comment-page-1/#comment-17899 qka Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:34:33 +0000 http://www.roughlydrafted.com/?p=3334#comment-17899 As I recall, in the mid 90's, when Apple was at its nadir and there were rumors of Sun buying Apple, Apple's sales (or was it profits?) were in the range of 2 to 3 times those of Sun. As I recall, in the mid 90’s, when Apple was at its nadir and there were rumors of Sun buying Apple, Apple’s sales (or was it profits?) were in the range of 2 to 3 times those of Sun.

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