#Open Letter to CBM
06-Oct-91 10:48:10
Sb: #14933-#Open Letter to CBM
Fm: Harold W. Grigdesby 76304,3030
To: Black Belt Systems 76004,1771
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6000 processor. Apple intends to make their high-end Mac's around this
chip.
A couple of things are noteworthy about this alliance.
1) It attempts to cut Microsoft's powerbase.
2) It challenges AT&T's Unix standard.
3) Apple is choosing to continue the Macintosh family into a new,
high-end tier utilizing advanced technologies.
4) It allows software developers to write programs for the Risc 6000,
regardless of whether they run on an IBM or Apple labelled machine.
Your thoughts please, Ben.
Hal Grigdesby, Krannert Graduate School of Management, Purdue University
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