Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!apple!ames!claris!wombat From: wombat@claris.com (Scott Lindsey) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Claris Keywords: medley, quartic, soya, rouge Message-ID: Date: 6 Feb 90 21:19:39 GMT References: <84.apple.net@pro-dchamber> <999@rbdc.UUCP> <1990Feb6.035151.19342@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Sender: wombat@claris.com Organization: Claris Corporation, Santa Clara, CA Lines: 26 In-reply-to: cs122aw@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu's message of 6 Feb 90 03:51:51 GMT Subversive: Soviet In article <1990Feb6.035151.19342@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> cs122aw@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Scott Alfter) writes: >In article wombat@claris.com (Scott Lindsey) writes: > > GSWorks cum AppleWorks GS (AWGS).) Claris and Apple are not one and the > > same; Apple owns Claris, but it is a separate legal entity. For example: > I thought Claris was completely spun off of Apple into its own company. > Shortly after that happened, Claris ran ads saying that such was true. I could > be wrong, though--after all, you work for Claris! I'm not sure what your point of confusion is... the completeness of the spin- off? Claris is a wholly owned subsidiary of Apple, but it is a subsidiary, not a division of Apple. At some time in the future, Claris will probably have a public stock offering, at which point Apple will probably remain a substantial stockholder. I could type in Claris's charter, but that would only succeed in boring hundreds of news readers (and myself while transcribing). In short, yes, Claris was spun off into its own company, but it is answerable to Apple's board of directors. On a daily working basis, Apple is a totally separate beast from Claris. Scott Lindsey | I dig iguana in their outer space duds Claris Corp. | saying, "Aren't you glad we only eat bugs?" ames!claris!wombat| DISCLAIMER: These are not the opinions of Claris, Apple, wombat@claris.com | StyleWare, the author, or anyone else living or Dead.