Goople: Will Google Eventually Buy Apple?

"There’s a very long, worthwhile piece by the author John Heilemann on Apple (AAPL) in the latest issue of New York magazine. Among other things, Heilemann looks at the growing competition for Apple in the digital music business, and considers whether or not the iPhone will be a success. It also quotes an unnamed person asserting that - get this - Jobs might want to sell Apple to another very large company with which you are familiar.
“I think Google (GOOG) is going to buy Apple,” the unidentified person says. “It would be a victory for Apple; they’d get major-league partners, money and engineers. And it would be a victory for Steve - a huge win that lets him leave the stage.”
Heileman thinks, though, that in such a combination, Jobs would end up as CEO, or at least chairman."



http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2007/06/18/will-google-eventually-buy-apple/