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From: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: Toaster on a Mac (Re: IAC)
Message-ID: <22760@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 28 Jun 91 04:24:26 GMT
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Reply-To: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <1991Jun25.044521.592@nntp-server.caltech.edu> jsurace@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Jason A. Surace) writes:

>  Personally, it really irks me that the Toaster will
>be marketed (possibly for the Mac) using Amiga innards,
>with the Amiga getting no credit. Is it legal to construct
>a commercial product (i.e. a stand-alone Toaster) using 
>another company's (Commodore's) designs? It seems like some
>kind of licensing infringement to me.

OEM deals happen all the time.  You don't think those arcade games with A500
boards in them say "Amiga" anywhere on the cover.  Neither do the exercise
machines with A500s in them.  In our CAD room here, we have a whole slew of
computers with the Mentor logo on them.  Strange, since Mentor is a only a 
software company.  You see, they OEM Apollo machines, put their sticker on 
them, and <poof>, instant Mentor computer.  The advantage for the user is that
he/she only deals with the one company, while for the retailer, extra profits
come from selling the package deal, rather than just the program, add-in board
or whatever.
-- 
Dave Haynie Commodore-Amiga (Amiga 3000) "The Crew That Never Rests"
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