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From: nazgul@obsolete.UUCP (Kee Hinckley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Apple and postscript
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Date: 20 May 89 04:27:39 GMT
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In-Reply-To: info-apple@trout.nosc.mil, Thu, 18 May 89 11:13:42 EDT

    controlled by a third party. Not one piece of the Apple // and Macintosh setup
    (system software, hardware etc.) is owned or copyrighted by another company.

On the contrary.  One piece is, and Apple will never let it happen
again.  The Basic interpreter in the Apple ][ is licensed from 
Microsoft.  Ever wonder why Apple never put out a Basic for the
Mac?  The rumour mill says that they were going to, and that in
fact the program does exist, but it would have competed with Microsoft
Basic on the Mac, and Microsoft threatened to pull the AppleSoft
license if they released.

Mind you this is all rumour, and one shouldn't believe what you
hear.  But that's what it said in the article I read.  And if
true that would certainly explain Apple's reluctance to let it
happen again.

					-kee


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