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> I've read maybe four different versions of how Motorola got > into the PPC deal, this being one of them. I've also read it > the other way around where Motorola forced Apple to take the > PPC deal because Motorola planned no further development of > the 680×0 which would have left Apple in deep water viz a viz > the planned Intel (at that time) 586. And then there are the > really weird stories about IBM I have spoken to several of the people directly involved in the initial exchange between Apple and IBM. Apple sent a delagation to IBM. Talks went well. Moto was invited in by Apple as a way to ensure mutliple venders and to keep relations good for the 88K which was not going well at that time. Apple and Moto have been pretty tight over the years and I think they both realize how faithful the other has been. The ranking Apple RISC designed tells a funny story about how they wore suits on their first meeting with IBM in an attempt to "dress up" and impress IBM. Meanwhile, IBM was having a dress down Friday that day. It led to a rather interesting role reversal.