A Simple Question

I'm just going to ask this.  Not certain of the answer but I want to post this anyway.

If A equals B and B equals C then A also equals C right?

For the more mathematical:

If A=B
And B=C
Then A=C

Well if Apple is working with IBM and IBM is working with Monitise then is it possible Apple is also working with Monitise?  What would that mean for retail, mobile payments, wallet, and more?

I don't know if any of that is happening but I wanted to ask the question.  The public statement around the IBM and Apple relationship is a focus on Enterprise solutions and that made quite a stir.  What if there is more going on behind the scenes?

Here is an article on Apple's link to IBM:

http://www.networkworld.com/article/2456690/uc-voip/apple-ibm-agreement-shows-progress-for-enterprise-mobility.html

Here is an article on IBM's link to Monitise:

http://www.itproportal.com/2014/07/23/ibm-and-monitise-cloud-based-mobile-payment-solution-ready-to-trigger-retail-revolution/

What will happen next?  I don't know.

Happy Reading,

J.W. Gant