[comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc] IBM and Apple on hold

bucacs@ux1.cts.eiu.edu (Carlos Dragonslayer Butler) (06/28/91)

	I heard this morning on FNN (or was it CNBC, who
cares?) that the deal between IBM and Apple (for those
who don't know, IBM wanted and operating systems from
Apple, and Apple wanted IBM's microprocessor) that was 
supposed to be finalized this morning has fallen through
due to resistance within Apple to using IBM parts.
	An IBM and Apple venture would've have been a hell
of a collaboration, don't cha think?

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 Carlos Dragonslayer Butler|       "People often condescend          
   bucacs@ux1.cts.eiu.edu  |     what they fail to comprehend.       
       Lord of House       |      Ignorance makes life easier.       
                           |  Peace, knowledge, love and happiness." 

jbruner@hydra3b.cs.utk.edu (James Bruner) (06/28/91)

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 

bucacs@ux1.cts.eiu.edu (Carlos Dragonslayer Butler) (06/29/91)

	Wait! It gets better! I read yesterday (I can't remeber
the source) where some high-ranking Apple official claimed that
Apple was going to become a OS company that just happened to 
make hardware.
	That almost sounds like giving up. Has the Mac death knell
been sounded? I guess we'll wait and see...

-- 
 Carlos Dragonslayer Butler|       "People often condescend          
   bucacs@ux1.cts.eiu.edu  |     what they fail to comprehend.       
       Lord of House       |      Ignorance makes life easier.       
                           |  Peace, knowledge, love and happiness."