Why doesn't Apple buy B&O?

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Apple taking over B&O will never happen and I don't see any good coming from that anyways.

However, one thought is that maybe B&O should hire Jonathan Ive (Apple's designer) to 'rethink' their design policy.
At least he is someone who has a product vision and good sense of combining (computer) technology and user interaction.  

Just an idea.

We do have a

Ignace wrote:

We do have a link, 

shall i move these Apple / B&O related topics to that forum ?

I don't think moving threads does any good after they've started rolling... those who would like to follow them get lost, and those who usually only read through the "Not read" feature (like me) wouldn't notice any difference anyway.

cooldude wrote:

Apple taking over B&O will never happen and I don't see any good coming from that anyways.

However, one thought is that maybe B&O should hire Jonathan Ive (Apple's designer) to 'rethink' their design policy.
At least he is someone who has a product vision and good sense of combining (computer) technology and user interaction.  

Just an idea.

Jonathan Ive has about 4 more years on his current contract with Apple.  There is no way B&O could pay his salary.  His stock options are probably worth more than B&O's total value.

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