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It's not that crazy. Some companies thrive with competition. Microsoft enjoys having apple as competition and vice-versa. Microsoft bailed apple out a little over a decade ago for that exact reason.

Zuckerberg is very competitive. I'm sure he wants the competition to step up and give him a run for his money.



Microsoft enjoys having apple as competition and vice-versa. Microsoft bailed apple out a little over a decade ago for that exact reason.

No, Microsoft "invested" in Apple to settle the potential multi-billion dollar lawsuit Apple was threatening to file: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Canyon_Company


Or if they come up with something innovative, he can quickly copy it into FB.




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