Article: IBM Bids to Use Apple's Macintosh Operating System.(Originated from San Jose Mercury News, Calif.)

Jun. 20--IBM and Apple Computer Inc. took their PowerPC alliance one step further Monday by announcing that they are negotiating the licensing of the Macintosh operating system to Big Blue.

The announcement, made at the PC Expo trade show in New York, means that IBM could sell PowerPC machines using Apple's Mac operating system as early as the second half of 1996, said Anthony Santelli, general manager of IBM's Power Personal Systems Division.

"We consider the MacOS to be another personality of software that would run on our machines," Santelli said.

Analysts have criticized members of the 4-year-old alliance of Apple, IBM and Motorola for not uniting ...

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:

 
 
Newsweek Harper's Magazine The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Crain's Chicago Business PRNewswire Pediatric News The Nation Advertising Age The Economist (US) A FREE trial gives you access to over 80 million articles! Access over 6,500 publications with a FREE trial!