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Satcomer
March 10th, 2008, 12:30 AM
Apple has been sitting to long of some huge cash reserves (http://www.financialweek.com/apps/pbps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080225/REG/259088503/1022/opiopinion). They should buy something or diversify that money reserve this year before inflation kills that reserve.

What should Apple buy? Think big. I say this because I believe Apple should buy Adobe.
eric2006
March 10th, 2008, 12:36 AM
Microsoft.

Has Apple ever bought anyone, other than NeXT?

related:
http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2007/12/07/who-should-apple-buy
Satcomer
March 10th, 2008, 12:56 AM
I just had a better idea on Todays yet another Beatles/iTunes rumor (http://www.telegrgraph.co.uk/news/main.jht.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/03/07/nmaccacca1077.xml). Apple should by Apple Corps from Sir Paul.
Satcomer
March 10th, 2008, 01:03 AM
Another idea should be Apple buying Sling Media (http://www.slingmedia.com/) and incorporate it with AppleTV.
lbj
March 10th, 2008, 01:37 AM
Sling and TiVo...one box for everything!
icemanjc
March 11th, 2008, 04:41 PM
TIVo would be good, Microsoft would be sweet, what is sling?
lbj
March 11th, 2008, 08:05 PM
Check out the link in Satcomer's reply. In short, access your own TV (and associated cable signal, recorded shows, etc) from anywhere in the world via internet.
icemanjc
March 11th, 2008, 08:52 PM
Thats sweet, how big is sling? I doubt they could get Adobe though, there very independant although they owe apple because thats the only reason why they got big.
g/re/p
March 12th, 2008, 06:13 AM
I think Apple should buy my house for twice its appraised value and then give me the money.


:D
Qion
March 12th, 2008, 09:31 AM
I'd love for Apple to acquire either Adobe or Luxology. Adobe probably wouldn't fly in court, but Luxology is definitely a doable option. They're a small group of very smart and innovative people who have created a fantastic mainstream product that works beautifully on OS X.

Really, though, does anybody honestly believe that money isn't being used? It's great for both business deals and managing their share prices. It forces companies to play level with Apple, and it assures that they have a backup R&D powerhouse should a product line fail or a recession happen.
bbloke
April 23rd, 2008, 08:14 AM
There is news that Apple has agreed to buy PA Semi (http://www.forbes.com/technology/2008/04/23/apple-buys-pasemi-tech-ebiz-cz_eb_0422apple.html), a chip manufacturer, at a cost of $278 million in cash. As PA Semi specialize in low power chips, there's obvious speculation about usage in the iPhone or in iPods...