Apple and Microsoft

Posted by liamdunn27 on April 4, 2012 03:17 pm 35

Apple should buy Microsoft.

That sounds ridiculous on a lot of levels, doesn't it? But I'm not proposing a full-out shutting down of the Windows ecosystem, or the Office ecosystem. What I'm proposing is simply this:

  • Apple buys Microsoft, and keeps 90% of MS at arm's length as a subsidiary.
  • Windows, Office, etc can continue function almost exactly like they currently do, competing semi-directly with Apple itself. However, Apple gets part of the revenue.
  • However, the Windows Phone 7 department is completely dissolved into Apple itself. They get all the patents, designers, and the people who dreamed up the interface. iOS would improve drastically.
  • The key here held off for another year or so. Released by the subsidiary as Microsoft Win8 – the Desktop version only, an improved Windows 7. Development can continue along those lines.
  • But the Metro part of Windows 8 goes with Apple. Apple can do whatever they want with it, and Microsoft will not be competing at all along the mobile lines.
So, that's an idea. What does everybody think? Would it be financially possible? Would Apple gain enough? Would the government allow it?
Thanks for reading.