🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <1995Dec18.145106.44180@ac.dal.ca>, hayes@ug.cs.dal.ca (Kevin
Hayes) wrote:

> In article <30c6ee29.1582369@news.metronet.com>,
>    dcorn@metronet.com (David Corn) wrote:
> >On 28 Nov 1995 22:37:29 -0500, symbiontx@aol.com (Symbiontx) wrote:
> >
> >>Powercomputing, Radius, Daystar, SuperMac, are all Macintosh Clone makers.
> >> Gateway was recently rejected, they wanted to make mac clones.
> >
> >Apple couldn't supply enough parts reliably; Gateway walked.
> >
> 
> I find it interesting that Gateway walked. If they were really interested in 
> selling Mac clones they would wait for the end of the parts shortage.
> 
> Either they weren't really that interested at all, or something else
> happened that we don't know about.
> 
> Hmmm... Compaq's VP uses a Mac, maybe we'll see Mac clones from them, now 
> that'd be an interesting situation. (unlikely, but interesting)


I don't think that Gateway is entirely out of the picture yet. The wording
on what happened was typically quite careful to say that any agreement was
put on hold, or some such. Not that Gateway was told that now and forever
they would be denied a license. 

Compaq has always been somewhat interested in Mac clones. They may no
longer be after the big rebuild. CHRP makes everyone capable of creating a
Mac clone, they just may not be able to bundle the OS right off.

-- 
Bob Cassidy
UC Irvine