No, you misremembered it.  Apple set up a meeting with Panic (makers of Audion) but they had to cancel because they were trying to get bought out by Aol. Apple ended up buying competitor SoundJam to use as the basis of iTunes and then still offered to hire the Audion devs but they declined.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.panic.com&#x2F;extras&#x2F;audionstory&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.panic.com&#x2F;extras&#x2F;audionstory&#x2F;</a><p>If you&#x27;re looking for 10-15 year old story where Apple famously ate someone&#x27;s lunch then Sherlock&#x2F;Watson and Konfabulator&#x2F;Dashboard are some of the more prominent examples but those are fairly obvious directions for OS makers to fill.