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Comment by MichaelApproved | Hacker News Reader

As laughable as Microsoft buying Rimm. Why do people think these big companies will spend all their money on one big "splash"?

There's a zero percent chance this will happen.

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To be fair there is at least a .001% chance this will happen - stranger and dumber things have happened.

OK, maybe not TW but the idea of Apple or Google buying a large content company is not so far fetched. In fact, given how quickly the cable + content guys grouped up and pretty much killed Google TV, I think the only way for iTV or Google TV to succeed is if they can break the stronghold by buying one a TV content company.

It would be one thing if TW were the only content provider out there but they're not. If apple were to buy any media company the others would be less likely to deal with them and start cutting them off. Apple creates products to view content with, they don't create content themselves.

If apple were to buy TW and I am not saying Apple will, but if they do, the market will be driven by customer demand. Enabling part of the market true IPTV experience will start pressuring cable companies to open up. Since IPTV is arguably superior technology customers will demand and in case when they have choice will prefer true Apple TV like services over traditional cable.

At the right price point, buying a current content provide would turn out to be a good move.

Microsoft might not have bought rim, but they did buy Danger.

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