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- From: Clifford T. Matthews <ctm@ardi.com>
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- Subject: Re: Apple and IBM agreement (MacOS)
- Date: 16 May 1996 05:21:19 -0600
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- >>>>> "Ed" == EADEANS <eadeans@aol.com> writes:
- In article <4nbv03$c21@newsbf02.news.aol.com> eadeans@aol.com (EADEANS) writes:
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- Ed> I don't know but I would imagine that IBM microelectronics
- Ed> license would be quite restrictive (in usual Apple fashion). I
- Ed> don't believe it would extend to x86 possibilities, PPC
- Ed> processor purchase exclusion, etc.
-
- Could easily be. Thanks for the tip.
-
- Ed> Going through IBM for a MacOS license for Ardi could offend
- Ed> Apple and cause other trouble. However, it's quite possible
- Ed> that IBM could pressure Apple to take a look at Ardi's
- Ed> work.
-
- We hope to send a few beta1 CD-ROMs into Apple and IBM and see what
- reaction we get.
-
- Ed> They weren't successful in getting Apple to bless the
- Ed> PPC PReP port but this could be a whole other thing. But
- Ed> would Apple want to go head-to-head with Microsoft on the x86
- Ed> desktop? Perhaps IBM could presuade inclusion of Macintosh
- Ed> emulation in their non-DOS desktop OS's OS/2 & AIX. Apple's
- Ed> Macintosh market would increase certainly & it wouldn't be any
- Ed> worse that Win31 emulation on RISC (SoftWindows / NT). Trouble
- Ed> is, IBM Microelectronics has a nasty habit of ignoring or
- Ed> detesting IBM's own OS's.
-
- I think the big question will be whether the various big wigs can
- truly appreciate that we've been swimming with our hands and legs
- shackled so far. Some people look at Executor and say "but it doesn't
- run Finder ...", others say "Wow. Look what they've done using
- strictly clean room techniques. Just think what they could do with
- Apple's blessing."
-
- Luckily, we should be able to do some pretty darned impressive work
- (even compared to what we've currently done) even without Apple's
- blessing.
-
- Ed> All in all, it's worth a shot. Good luck!
-
- Thanks. Now that we're officially in beta, I'll be devoting some of
- my time to advancing ARDI as a business, rather than concentrating
- exclusively on improving our technology.
-
- Ed> Ed Deans TeamOS2 & ClubOpenDOC
-
- --Cliff
- ctm@ardi.com
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