Re: The IBM PC's slavish devotion to the Apple II

[Greg Buchner <apple22@mn.rr.com>]

In article <z0WdnQrUobVEeHqjXTWcoA@comcast.com>,
 "Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net> wrote:

> All I am trying to say is that isn't it possible that
> the IBM had all the same designs as the Apple II, but they
> waited until they were to a higher level before their final
> release into the mainstream?

The story goes that when IBM engineers were working on the IBM PC, an 
IBM VP brought in his Apple II+, opened it up and said that they had to 
do that.  It was likely that it was on its way to being a closed system 
before that.  Standard IBM operating procedures...

Greg B.

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