Will Apple and microsoft team up ever?

They already did before sort of. When Bill Gates was working with Apple, he made a lot of the software for Apple. Than he went his separate ways and formed Microsoft.

I think there is a chance of apple and microsoft working together, they've already intergrated office 2008 on Mac's. But on making the "best possible OS", that would be darn impossible. Every person who uses a computer uses it for a different purpose, one may want it for gaming while another may want it for server use (some even for both, believe me i've tried). This means that no matter how hard a company will try to make a "be all and end all", OS they never will.

As i read online, "Different Strokes, For Different Folks". That's why i use linux (avoids hate missile and comments about GNU) as it is customisable to my needs and just works (without restriction or barriers on what it can be run on and with)

This is a simple question with very complex answers. Technically, before Microsoft ever existed, Bill Gates worked for Apple, on a contract and not as an Apple employee, to develop a floating point basic, since Woz refused to do it. Before Windows ever exited, Microsoft build Word for Macintosh and it does to this date. When Apple was in big trouble, Bill Gates stepped in and invested $125M in Apple. Not that this was a huge money that saved Apple, but it was a show of confidence that Apple will rebound. More important than the relatively small investment was the promise that Microsoft will keep developing Office for Mac for at least 5 more years which in turn signalled that Apple will be around for the long term and the fact that Microsoft believed in their abilities as a company. Between the two of these giants, they have over 2000+ licensing agreements that Apple and Microsoft use routinely and never tell the rest of us what they are. Microsoft has been pushed and challenged by Apple, directly or indirectly to innovate and visa-versa. If there was no OS X in the beginning of the millennium, would Microsoft be pushed to rewrite Windows from ground up and come with a brand new Windows in form of Vista? Would Microsoft go back to the drawing board and really optimize and improve Vista and release Windows 7 that everyone raves about today without the pressure of Apple optimizing and selling Leopard in form of Snow Leopard? Would Microsoft create a product like Zune if it wasn't because of direct competition with Apple iPod? As I said, the relationship between these two companies are extremely complex and prosperous for both parties. So will they ever come together? Well, the answer to that was is pretty simple: they simply can not afford to openly come together and become one. They need to continue to be competitors and the direct winner of this competition isn't one of them! They winners will be us - the users of their products.

They won't, Microsoft makes Office for Mac. But thats as close as they will get.

Nope i don't think so apple is on a level all of there own Microsoft will have to produce probably some hand helds to reach on apples level in order for them to join. FYI they have!

No even though they could make a great OS (as long as they don't listen to Steve Balmer), it would technically be considered a monopoly and sense both companies are based in the US it makes it illegal for both companies to do that.

If they were both to team up, it wouldn't mean that they'd make the greatest possible O/S. Windows has its ups and downs, Mac OS has its ups and downs, put putting both companies behind them together does not mean that all the pros would be put together while the cons are eliminated. Putting 2 separate visions together could have a variety of outcomes..

I think they will team up in the near futer and make acsessoeries I love microsoft acsessories but I only like apple´s keyboard and mouse so Hopefully In the next two years they will!

Who knows? They have before. Apple is a very secretive company that probably does not wish to share their secrets with a company like Microsoft. Time will tell.

Who knows? They have before. Apple is a very secretive company that probably does not wish to share their secrets with a company like Microsoft. Time will tell.