Re: One world, One CPU, One OS

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From: David M. Baggett
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 1990 16:03

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In article <93.26244db9@desire.wright.edu> demon@desire.wright.edu writes:
>              What does Apple have to lose by liscensing the Mac OS to
>Commodore and Atari?

They would lose the ability to be incredibly pompus about their OS and
to sue the hell out of anyone that even thought about imitating it.  
There would be massive layoffs at Apple because they'd have to fire
most of their laywers, which seem to comprise about 1/2 the company.

:-)  (Just a joke, guys; just a joke!)

Dave Baggett
dmb@cscwam.umd.edu

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