Adrian Perika at Goldman Sachs San Francisco would be the man behind this. I have his number... maybe should call, but won't. He now works for Apple, ir is a liaison. Since Apple lost AdMob to Google, they've been vigilant about purchases, but they acquire maybe a third of what Google does, and maybe a quarter of what HP did (lol... did... HP management freaks/deliquients) - if I recall correctly, 8 very small aquisitions last year.
The redhat idea sounds great - with Jobs leaving, this may happen. What a story I'd it were a success. Build your own Mac is also an inevitable return. Apple will mount up the PC business only when they're a success everywhere else - which IMO is close, dont forget their inefficiencies in the branding an retail baggage...
