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From: jclst1@cisunx.UUCP (Joseph C. Lappa)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Apple price increases
Message-ID: <12703@cisunx.UUCP>
Date: 22 Sep 88 17:43:28 GMT
References: <691@ncar.ucar.edu> <870234@hpcilzb.HP.COM>
Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh, Comp & Info Sys
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In article <870234@hpcilzb.HP.COM>, tedj@hpcilzb.HP.COM (Ted Johnson) writes:
> >> Apple may have a nasty surprise in store next month when the NEXT
> >> machine is announced. 
> When Jobs left Apple, Apple sued him (something about stealing key
> personnel and technology).  As part of their out of court settlement,
> Jobs agreed to show Apple any computer that he was about to market,
> BEFORE he marketed it.  
> 
> At least, this is what Scully claims in his book.
> -Ted

Maybe thats why Apple rushed out the Mac IIX which basically has no
improvements over the Mac II.  Sculley just wanted to beat Jobs to the
punch by saying that Apple had a 68030 based computer before Jobs..

Now the real contest will be between the new NeXT computer and the Mac
III.  (Lets start get those rumors going.)



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