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From: fozzard@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Richard Fozzard)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: RUMOR: Apple to buy Outbound portable?
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Date: 26 Jul 90 18:18:58 GMT
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Any confirmations of this rumor?

In today's paper I read an article with the SanJose Mercury byline that
Apple is negotiating with Outbound. It claims under the "more pragmatic
Michael Spindler [compared w/ Gassee] Apple is ready to put its chips into
the Outbound box - with the condition that Apple own at least the machine,
if not the whole company".

If this is so, it could represent a crumbling of the proprietary wall
around Apple - the first 'official' Mac clone! Apple is to be cheered if they
do this, and it could even lead to other 3rd party hardware companies
filling niches or opening markets Apple hasn't been able to. I only wish
they would go so far as to openly license the chips, instead of just
buying the whole machine or company.


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