A few days ago I saw something that surprised me. Paul McCartney in an ipod commercial. For those of you not up on your Apple (Computer) or Apple (Corps/Records) history, way back in the day when Apple Computers first started getting big, Apple Records, the Beatles' music company, sued them because they had the same name. The dispute was settled with the compromise stipulating that Apple Computers would never be involved in anything music-related (Apple (computer) fans probably already know that the sound sosumi came out of this dispute). Years passed and Steve Jobs came up with the ipod which promptly caused the two Apples to go to court yet again. In 2006, a court ruled in favor of Apple Computer and in 2007 the two Apples reached a settlement (yet again). Hope sprang eternal among Beatles fans everywhere that the Beatles catalog would appear on itunes. The more skeptical among us wondered if there would ever really be an Apple/Apple partnership given the years of bad blood. The ad with McCartney is a good sign that there is hope, I guess.
(This also might be the first and last time you see a post from me entitled with a quote from the Bible. A shiny nickel to whomever knows that verse without googling it.)
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