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Received: from cheetah.it.wsu.edu (cheetah.it.wsu.edu [134.121.10.31]) by nacm.com (8.6.10/8.6.9) with ESMTP id IAA20956 for <executor@nacm.com>; Mon, 7 Aug 1995 08:36:44 -0700 Received: from edgecom (edgecom.csc.wsu.edu [134.121.1.137]) by cheetah.it.wsu.edu (8.6.10/WSUit-1.1) with SMTP id IAA09482 for <executor@nacm.com>; Mon, 7 Aug 1995 08:36:38 -0700 Message-Id: <199508071536.IAA09482@cheetah.it.wsu.edu> X-Sender: edgecom@mail.wsu.edu X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 2.1.1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Mon, 07 Aug 1995 08:36:09 -0700 To: executor@nacm.com From: Dennis Edgecombe <dennis_edgecombe@wsu.edu> Subject: Competition for ARDI??? Sender: owner-paper@nacm.com Precedence: bulk Looks like ARDI has some competition... Maybe ARDI could team up with them? See story below. Report: Little-known Quix puts Apple software on IBM computer (c) 1995 Copyright the News & Observer Publishing Co. (c) 1995 Associated Press NEW YORK (Aug 7, 1995 - 08:24 EDT) -- A small Swiss company has modified the software that runs Apple's Macintosh so it can be used on an IBM personal computer ahead of the plans of either company, according to the trade magazine MacWorld. The development places pressure on the companies to decide whether to modify their plans, which currently call for the Macintosh software to be on an IBM PC late next year or early 1997. But it may just be a lost opportunity since it would take several months for the companies to make the legal and manufacturing steps to bring an IBM Mac clone to market. The issue is rooted in the tense cooperation since October 1991 of International Business Machines Corp. and Apple Computer Inc., which have promoted competing PC designs for 15 years. The two companies and Motorola Inc. co-developed a microprocessor called PowerPC to run a new generation of personal computers. Apple began using the chip in its Macintosh line last year. IBM just started selling a PC that uses the chip but the machine's design was thought to be unacceptable for Macintosh software. It instead uses IBM's AIX and OS-2 (though still in a test version) and Microsoft Corp.'s Windows NT operating programs. However, a company called Quix Computerware, based near Zurich, recently transferred the Macintosh software to the IBM design, MacWorld said in its October issue. Copies of the story were provided to news organizations in advance of distribution on the magazine's on-line services Monday. The magazine tested Quix's adaptation and found "near flawless compatibility." However, Quix cannot develop or market computers based on the modified software without permission from Apple. Apple had not supported Quix's work, but IBM is interested in it, the MacWorld article said. IBM more than a year ago asked Apple to work on such a transfer but Apple declined. Apple spokeswoman Laurence Clavere said Friday that Quix had demonstrated its innovation to Apple and the two companies are talking further. She declined to discuss specifics of the relationship or the MacWorld account. The magazine's story quotes Gary Griffiths, an IBM business development director, as saying the development "demands further evaluation." Griffiths could not be reached Friday and other IBM representatives were unaware of Quix. The company, which employs just six people, worked with Apple several years ago to transfer the Macintosh operating system to workstations developed by Next Corp., a company started by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. IBM and Apple in November agreed on a common hardware design for future versions of PowerPC-based computers. IBM machines based on that design, expected in late 1996 or early 1997, have been expected to be the first to use Macintosh software. --Dennis dennis_edgecombe@wsu.edu