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> Microsoft's $150 stock investment was the result of a settlement of a lawsuit.

http://www.zdnet.com/article/stop-the-lies-the-day-that-micr...

A bit of an oversimplification. If Apple hadn't produced products that people wanted, the loan/investment wasn't going to help. If Bill had said no, it's hard to know if Steve had another avenue for the money. Wasn't he rich again because of Pixar?

http://blogs.wsj.com/wsj125/2014/11/29/nov-30-1995-pixars-ip...

And luck save Apple as much as Bill Gates. He may be a great philanthropist, but corporate philanthropy isn't his shtick.

"Luck" isn't quantifiable. Bill Gates' dollars are.

$150m in 'luck'. See it's possible.