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From: mke@hpsemc.HP.COM (Miles Kehoe)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Apple Challenges HP New Wave, MS-Windows, Potentially OS/2 PM
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Date: 30 Mar 88 01:27:53 GMT
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/ hpsemc:comp.sys.mac / pfeifer@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Mark C Pfeifer) / 10:26 am  Mar 23, 1988 /
Claris is the subsitiary of Apple that is in charge of the application
software - they have just released new versions of MacPaint, MacDraw, 
MacWrite, etc.

Mark
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 I believe Claris is a separate company, initially funded by Apple but
 specifically a distinct operating corporation. Apple, it seems, felt
 third party applications vendors were feeling uncomfortable working
 closely with one part of a company which competed with them in their
 own markeet. ie, it's hard to really believe one part of Apple (say
 the developer's support side) could avoid passing some info on to
 another part of Apple (applictions). Suppose you had an idea for a
 brilliant application, *similar* to MacPaint but superior in some 
 small area. Would you tell the support people what you were doing if
 they were going to probably be at lunch with the Macpaint product
 managers?  Anyway, Claris is the spin-off to own all (formerly Apple)
 applications. If not the case now, I believe Apple wants nothing to
 do with Claris except that some of the first Claris employees were
 formerly Apple employees.  Anyone from Apple or Claris care to jump in?

 Miles