Apple richer than USA - buyout imminent?

[NickFitz]

Anyway wasn't 'Apple' an English company to start with?

Where on earth did you get that idea? They're the archetypal Californian garage startup.

Are you thinking of Acorn, who created the ARM processor?

[MarillionFan]

Where on earth did you get that idea? They're the archetypal Californian garage startup.

Are you thinking of Acorn, who created the ARM processor?

Yes think so. I thought Acorn was bought be Apple.

[SimonMac]

All that money though. Let's just hope Jobs doesn't go mad, buy a White cat and start stealing submarines, space shuttles and nuclear bombs.

Anyway wasn't 'Apple' an English company to start with?

Or are you thinking about Apple Corp, the Beatles music publishing company

[gingerjedi]

[MarillionFan]

Where on earth did you get that idea? They're the archetypal Californian garage startup.

Are you thinking of Acorn, who created the ARM processor?

Acorn Computers

So where that comes from is the Acorn was known as the 'British Apple' as in Wikipedia.