microsoft doesn't own apple shares exactly.when apple and steve went "under",bill did buy a good part of the shares,but nowhere near enough to in any way have an effect on steve and his company.besides,if you really know the history of microsoft and apple.you should also know that what bill gates did was steal the basis for the software and the computer from steve in the begining.that's like darwin saying he has the majority or a good amount of the credit for creation.you can't take vredit from the original crreator of something and say it was yours in any way in the begining at all.