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The Worst Acquisitions Apple Ever Made

Kyle RussellOct 12, 2013, 07:04 IST

Jeff Croft/FlickrUnder Steve Jobs, Apple bought the company that was undercutting them with Mac clones.

Over the years, some of Apple's biggest successes have been the end result of the company acquiring another with promise and integrating their technologies with its own in a way that provides real value to users.

Mac OS X and iOS are the result of the purchase of NeXT in 1997.

iTunes, which truly set the iPod apart from its competitors, came from the purchase of SoundJam MP in 2000.

Of course, not all of Apple's purchases have worked out so well. Some of the technologies Apple has bought never made it to market and others just didn't seem to fit in with Apple's other products.