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From: schaut@cat9.cs.wisc.edu (Richard Schaut)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Re^2: Xerox sues Apple!!!
Keywords: Get real...
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Date: 23 Dec 89 11:36:24 GMT
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In article <505@tci.bell-atl.com> kempf@tci.bell-atl.com (Cory Kempf) writes:
| 
| Hate to burst your bubble, but I have just finished purchasing a Mac
| IIci with a 600Mb Hard disk for under $7k.  I don't have A/UX running
| on it (it's currently running on a IIcx that we have), but I know that
| I could get A/UX for under a $1k.  And if I wanted to, I could also
| run MS-DOS, without extra hardware.  Can your PC run Mac programs?

To be perfectly honest, no.  My PC can't run Mac programs (though a good
number of Mac programs have been ported to the PC environment), but that's
the whole problem.  IBM aren't afraid of direct competition within their
own hardware platform.  Where, pray tell, can one purchase a Mac compatible?

This whole discussion began because Apple have been particularly stingy about
licensing their own technology including the suit against MicroSoft.  Some
of us are glad to see Apple get a taste of their own juice.
--
Rick

"Any questions?  Any answers?  Anyone care for a mint?" -- Rita Rudner