Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!pt.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!eb1z+ From: eb1z+@andrew.cmu.edu (Edward Joseph Bennett) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: NeXT's financial position Message-ID: Date: 2 May 90 13:15:25 GMT References: <5107@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU>, <11147@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> Distribution: comp.sys.next Organization: Class of '91, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 18 In-Reply-To: <11147@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> >On a related note, does anyone know why Steven Jobs has been meeting >(according to reports) with John Sculley? I believe that the original >report of this appeared in InfoWorld, but has appeared elsewhere since >then. (One even went so far as to suggest that Apple was considering >buying NeXT. That's a good one. But if Apple were to try it, NeXT >stock would be a great thing to have...) >I find the whole report hard to believe, but you never know... >-Michael I also find this hard to believe. I think if Apple is going to buy anybody, I think they seriously want Cray Research. But as you said, One never knows. It would be interesting if true. I wonder what impact it would have on both machine lines. Ed