Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!decwrl!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ncar!asuvax!mcdphx!xroads!tosh!starta From: starta@tosh.UUCP (John Starta) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: RUMOR: Apple to buy Outbound portable? Message-ID: Date: 30 Jul 90 00:36:29 GMT References: <23987@boulder.Colorado.EDU> Organization: Before Computing, Phoenix, Arizona Lines: 21 fozzard@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Richard Fozzard) writes: > Any confirmations of this rumor? No. I read the same thing you did. > 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". The problem I see is that if Apple is indeed pursuing Outbound, it won't be as impressive as everyone believes. If Apple owns the entire company and they continue to market the Outbound, they will surely increase the price tag. I don't think that is what they are working towards. Instead, I think Outbound has some technology that Apple wants and they are going after it. Just an educated guess folks, direct flames toward the sun. John