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Re: The apple 2, the PC, and the clones

Subject: Re: The apple 2, the PC, and the clones
From: "Paul Grammens" <grammens@svn.net>
Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 10:38:39 -0700
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Organization: Silicon Valley North, Inc. (http://www.svn.net)
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"Roger Johnstone" <rojaws@mac.com> wrote
>
> Thank you! It's nice to hear it from someone who knows what they're
talking
> about. The number of times I hear some computer "youngster" pointing out
> that if only Apple had allowed the Mac to be cloned like IBM allowed its
PC
> to be cloned, Apple would have 90% of the market now. What they always
fail
> to understand is that IBM didn't _want_ their PC to be cloned, it happened
> inspite of their attempts to stop it.
>

Yes, I also found this very interesting and educational. I didn't know the
details of why IBM clones were legal but Apple clones generally weren't. I
thought IBM facilitated the cloning.
-Paul

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