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From: jbruner@hydra3b.cs.utk.edu (James Bruner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: IBM and Apple on hold
Message-ID: <1991Jun27.200455.18114@cs.utk.edu>
Date: 27 Jun 91 20:04:55 GMT
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The deal probably fell through because of IBM's insistance that Apple
use IBM's RISC processor for their workstation whereas Apple is 
leaning toward the 50 MIPS Motorola 88100 RISC processor.

Additionally, this was not a deal but merely talks between the two
computer makers.  IBM is interested in portions if the Mac OS to use
in OS/2 where Apple is interested in IBM's networking prowess and the
named pipes used in OS/2.  Further, Apple accepted IBM as an OEM for
SCSI drives in some Mac models.

It would have been a hell of a combination.

All of the above information can be found in the last 4 issues of
PC Week and Info World magazines.

----
James Bruner
Student, University of Tennessee