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APPLE AND IBM OFFER CUSTOMERS AN OPEN-SYSTEMS PLATFORM
SAN FRANCISCO, California--October 2, 1991--Apple Computer, Inc. and
IBM today announced a software licensing agreement that will allow for
the establishment of PowerOpenTM, an open-systems environment that
will provide customers and developers an easy-to-use, standards-based,
high-performance platform.
A future release of IBM's standards-based AIX(R)operating system,
based on the Open Software Foundation's OSF/1TM operating system, will
be combined with the world-class, easy-to-use Macintosh interface
provided by Apple's UNIX(R) offering, A/UX(R). This new operating
system will run on the POWER (Performance Optimization with Enhanced
RISC) architecture, as well as the PowerPCTM architecture announced
today by Apple, IBM, and Motorola. The PowerOpen technologies will be
licensed to other vendors. Both Apple and IBM each will use PowerOpen
in future versions of their respective UNIX implementations, A/UX and
AIX.
Both Apple's and IBM's RISC hardware lines will support the PowerOpen
environment, giving customers access to the broadest set of applica-
tions on any UNIX-based open-systems platform, including the thousands
of AIX and Macintosh applications. The new PowerOpen environment will
provide customers with a highly scalable, standards-based, open-
systems architecture ranging from desktop personal computers to very
large network servers. Customers will have the choice of acquiring
the Macintosh user interface, as well as the OSF/MotifTM interface,
from both Apple and IBM. Additionally, customers will be able to
preserve their application investments, as current AIX, A/UX, and
Macintosh applications will be supported in the PowerOpen environment.
The PowerOpen environment combines the best of both companies' current
UNIX products. It makes use of the new PowerPC hardware, which is an
architecture based on IBM's acclaimed RISC System/6000(R) and IBM's
powerful AIX operating system. In addition, Apple's A/UX provides an
easy-to-use, integrated Macintosh UNIX solution. Apple and IBM each
plan to make their PowerOpen products conform to major industry stand-
ards, such as POSIX and X/OpenTM.
Software developers will benefit from the new high-volume business
opportunity offered them by the PowerOpen environment. Application
developers will benefit from access to both A/UX and AIX on a single
hardware platform with no need to recompile. In-house developers will
benefit from the support of both companies and the wealth of develop-
ment tools available.
"With this agreement, Apple will extend our easy-to-use A/UX by
porting it to a widely accepted, standards-based kernel--OSF/1, and
high-performance RISC system," said Michael Spindler, Apple's presi-
dent and chief operating officer. "This new open-systems environment
will allow customers to run the thousands of Macintosh productivity
applications and AIX applications from our desktop personal computers
on up to enterprise systems."
"AIX, the POWER architecture and the Macintosh user interface have had
broad acceptance in the marketplace. The PowerOpen environment that
results from this combination with the Macintosh desktop, interface
and applications base will provide customers with an unequaled
selection of UNIX-based solutions to meet their needs," said James A.
Cannavino, IBM vice president and general manager, Personal Systems.
"Additionally, it offers applications developers a very attractive
business opportunity in the industry. This is clearly a big win for
the entire marketplace."
The PowerOpen technologies will be made available to other vendors.
Licensing details will be announced at a later date.
The companies also intend to form a new industry-wide organization to
promote the PowerOpen environment with other manufacturers, software
developers and end users.
Products resulting from this agreement are expected to reach the
marketplace over the next two to three years.
###
Apple, the Apple logo, Macintosh, and A/UX are registered
trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc.
###
AIX and RISC System/6000 are registered trademarks of IBM;
PowerOpen and PowerPC are trademarks of IBM.
OSF/1 and OSF/Motif are trademark of the Open Software
Foundation. X/Open is a trademark of X/Open Company, Limited
in the United Kingdom and other countries.
UNIX is a registered trademark of UNIX System Laboratories.
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APPLE, IBM TO USE POWERPC MICROPROCESSORS IN NEW LOW-COST RISC SYSTEMS
MOTOROLA TO MANUFACTURE AND MARKET THE CHIPS
San Francisco, California, October 2, 1991, Apple Computer, Inc., IBM,
and Motorola, Inc. are applying their world-class design and manufac-
turing talents to produce the new PowerPCTM family of single-chip
Reduced Instruction Set Computing (RISC) microprocessors. The PowerPC
architecture will address many opportunities in the computer industry,
including desktop personal computers, portable computers, entry and
midrange workstations and servers.
PowerPC microprocessors will form the foundation for new high-
performance, low-cost systems from Apple and IBM. Motorola will manu-
facture and market the technology worldwide, making this new
microprocessor family widely available to other systems manufacturers.
Apple, IBM and Motorola will play key roles in defining the PowerPC
architecture.
The PowerPC is the hardware component of the PowerOpenTM computing
environment announced today by Apple, IBM and Motorola. Apple is also
bringing the Macintosh(R) operating system to the PowerPC, which will
remain compatible with today's Macintosh. IBM will offer a new
release of its AIX operating system for the PowerPC.
PowerPC is based on IBM's Performance Optimization with Enhanced RISC
(POWER) architecture, the innovative design used in IBM's RISC
System/6000TM line of advanced workstations and servers. The first
PowerPC products are expected to be available within the next two to
three years.
The companies also intend to form a new industry organization to
promote PowerPC and the PowerOpen computing environment to other
manufacturers, software developers and end users.
"The PowerPC initiative has allowed us to extend the benefits of IBM's
leadership RISC technology to other computer system manufacturers,
software developers and customers, who will experience a new level of
performance in low-cost desktop systems," said Jack D. Kuehler, presi-
dent of IBM. "We are pleased to have Apple and Motorola join us in
establishing the PowerPC as the platform of choice for RISC-based
personal computing."
"Our alliance integrates IBM's proven POWER architecture and the
uncompromising manufacturing and design talent of Motorola," said John
Sculley, Apple chairman and chief executive officer. "And, without a
doubt, the biggest winners are Apple's customers who now have a clear
RISC foundation for the 90s. It is also significant that today's
Macintosh will coexist with these new systems. Customers can buy our
systems today and know that they are buying into an industry leading
technology."
"Our agreement with IBM and Apple represents an unprecedented combina-
tion of technology strengths that will establish the PowerPC architec-
ture as a powerful solution for computing in the 1990s and beyond,"
said James A. Norling, president of Motorola's Semiconductor Product
Sector. "Our combined expertise in RISC, computers, communications
and software innovation ensures that end users will have access to a
new era of functionality and information processing."
NEW POWERPC CHIPS
Apple, IBM, and Motorola will work together to design the PowerPC
microprocessors. Apple plans to use the PowerPC in future versions of
the Macintosh personal computer. IBM will manufacture PowerPC chips
for its own use in future desktop workstations and servers, which will
complement the existing RISC System/6000 line and be able to share
applications without modification. Motorola will supply PowerPC chips
to Apple and will also market them for other systems and micro-
processor applications.
IBM has also licensed its 0.5 micron complementary metal-oxide semi-
conductor (CMOS) process--technology used in fabricating chips--to
Motorola. Motorola will be able to use this technology for PowerPC
chip development.
The PowerPC design initiative will be spearheaded by a team of IBM and
Motorola employees to be located in a customer design center in
Austin, Texas. More than 300 engineers--each continuing to work for
his or her respective firm--will initially be assigned to the customer
design center project.
The goal of the team is to develop multiple PowerPC implementations,
initially targeting three design points, as well as to identify
requirements for future enhancements. This core team will provide
strong technical coordination while quickly bringing new designs to
market.
All arrangements are conditional on several events, including a
closing.
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Apple, the Apple logo, and Macintosh are registered trademarks
of AppleComputer, Inc.
PowerPC, PowerOpen, and RISC System/6000 are trademarks and AIX
is a registered trademark of International Business Machines
Corp.
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APPLE AND IBM FORM A NEW MULTIMEDIA VENTURE
SAN FRANCISCO, California--October 2, 1991--Apple Computer, Inc. and
IBM today announced the formation of an independent, joint venture
company that will catalyze the development of exciting new multimedia
technologies and products. The new company will develop, license, and
make available specifications and technologies to promote the exchange
of information such as sound, graphics, video, text, and animation
across a variety of computing and consumer electronic devices.
The joint venture company intends to license its future specifications
to those companies developing multimedia products, including Apple and
IBM. Apple and IBM will continue to independently develop and market
their own multimedia products. Both companies expect that the tech-
nologies and products offered from the joint venture will enhance
Apple's and IBM's future multimedia efforts.
Among other activities, the new venture will develop and promote data
formats--that are independent of the computer system used--in order to
allow developers to concentrate on multimedia applications that will
play on a wide variety of platforms from many different vendors.
"We believe that multimedia technology will be the cornerstone for the
next generation of computing," said Dr. David Nagel, vice president of
Apple's advanced technology group and acting general manager of
Apple's consumer products division. "Animation, video, and sound will
proliferate throughout new interactive applications in much the same
way as graphics and text do today. The new company will provide a
basis of technology for the industry to build upon and will prove to
be a springboard for exciting new developer innovations across the
education, business, home, and entertainment markets."
"Through this joint venture, IBM and Apple will contribute their expe-
rience in multimedia computing to aid the growth of this rapidly
changing field," said Lucie Fjeldstad, IBM vice president and presi-
dent of the Multimedia and Education Division. "With this organiza-
tion, we will be able to more quickly and cost-effectively deliver
platform-independent multimedia technologies that will enable multi-
media content providers to thrive."
Apple and IBM will contribute resources, as well as license their
multimedia technology to the new venture. The new venture's board of
directors is composed of an equal number of Apple and IBM represen-
tatives and will name the company's executive staff at a later date.
The new company will be headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area.
All arrangements are being submitted to the U.S. government for review
and contract effectiveness is conditional on several events, including
a closing.
###
Apple, and the Apple logo are registered trademarks of Apple Computer,
Inc.
IBM is a trademark of International Business Machines Corp.
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APPLE AND IBM LAUNCH A NEW JOINT VENTURE SYSTEM SOFTWARE COMPANY
SAN FRANCISCO, California--October 2, 1991--Apple Computer, Inc. and
IBM today announced the formation of a new software company they
believe will be instrumental in creating the next generation of
computers for the mid to late 1990s. The new company will be jointly
owned by Apple and IBM, yet will operate independently so it can meet
the needs of the broad industry and customer constituencies.
The joint venture will develop and license an entirely new genre of
system software that greatly simplifies computer programming and
allows much easier customization of software programs. The new compa-
ny's system will be based entirely on object-oriented technology, a
process that greatly simplifies software creation employing reusable
building blocks of programming code. In contrast to current operating
systems, which offer object-oriented layers, the joint venture's tech-
nology is being designed from the ground up as a full object-oriented
operating environment. This means developers can realize the full
potential of object-oriented technology without the programming
constraints of operating systems on the market today.
The new company's technology will be used separately by both Apple and
IBM as the core of new products expected in the mid-1990s. New
products based on the joint venture's technology will operate in
parallel to, and complement the evolution of, Apple's and IBM's
existing product lines, (Macintosh(R), OS/2(R) and AIX(R)). Each
company plans to offer compatibility between future joint venture
products and their current products, allowing users to leverage their
current investments in software.
According to the companies, the joint venture company is structured to
encourage widespread industry adoption of this operating system plat-
form, providing customers with a vast array of exciting new applica-
tions and capabilities. The new company will openly license its
software technology to other system vendors, thereby broadening its
availability. The operating environment is planned to be "platform
independent", meaning it will work on many different kinds of hard-
ware platforms, such as IBM's RISC POWER architecture, Motorola's
680X0, and Intel's 80X86.
"The next major era of computing must focus on meeting the needs of
the developer. Object-oriented technology is the driving force behind
this shift, and the new company is well on the way to delivering the
solution," said John Sculley, Apple's chairman and chief executive
officer. "Beginning with a new blueprint for a completely object-
oriented technology, the joint venture's technology will leapfrog
programming constraints developers face with today's systems, which
layer object-oriented technology onto current software architectures."
James A. Cannavino, IBM vice president and general manager, Personal
Systems, said: "Building a true object-oriented software environment
will unleash significant productivity gains for users and developers.
We are drawing on the best of IBM and Apple to produce a fundamentally
new and better method of software construction, one that builds
programs with prefabricated blocks instead of line by line. No other
technology has the potential to break the applications logjam that so
frustrates customers today."
The joint venture's board of directors will be composed of an equal
number of Apple and IBM representatives and will name a chief execu-
tive officer at a later date. Apple brings more than three years of
development and more than a million lines of production code from its
Object-Based Systems Division (code-named the Pink research effort) to
the new company, and IBM brings the best of its object-oriented tech-
nology, including results from its Patriot Partners joint venture.
Both Apple and IBM will transfer employees to the new company, which
will be based in the Santa Clara Valley area of California.
Final agreement is subject to closing and government reviews and
waiting periods.
###
Apple, the Apple logo, and Macintosh are registered trademarks of
Apple Computer, Inc.
IBM, AIX, and OS/2 are registered trademarks of International
Business Machines Corp.
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APPLE AND IBM TO OFFER CUSTOMERS A BROAD RANGE OF NEW NETWORKING
EFFICIENCIE
SAN FRANCISCO, California--October 2, 1991--Customers will find it
easier to connect Macintosh(R) computers to their IBM networks because
of an agreement between Apple and IBM announced today. The agreement
covers both planned and existing products that will allow customers to
integrate their Macintosh personal computers more effectively with IBM
mainframe, mid-range and departmental networks.
Macintosh computers acting as clients to IBM servers will be able to
access a more comprehensive set of services on IBM-based networks than
was available to them before. Such services for local and wide area
networks include file and printer sharing, database access, terminal
services, client/server applications, and network management. The
agreement will also enhance IBM's role as a total systems provider for
customers who require multivendor networking, where equipment from
many different manufacturers must work together flexibly and
seamlessly.
The new products for improved networking efficiencies will be devel-
oped separately by Apple and IBM, with the first available as early as
December 1991. Under the terms of the agreement, products will be
marketed and supported by the developing company.
Today's networking announcement highlights five areas:
-- AppleTalk(R) services for OS/2(R) will allow Macintosh,
OS/2, and DOS-based personal computers to share files, query
corporate databases, and access a broad range of
communications services through a common OS/2 server. To
help achieve this, Apple will license to IBM the source code
for AppleTalk protocols.
-- As part of the effort to ensure interoperability between its
current and future environments, Apple has licensed IBM's
Token-Ring technology for use in a product that is expected to
appear later this year.
-- Macintosh personal computers will be able to participate
more fully in Systems Network Architecture (SNA), IBM's
blueprint for exchanging information across large,
enterprise networks. One of the key developments will
provide Macintosh users with full access to
Advanced-Peer-to-Peer Networking (APPN) directory and
routing services. APPN is an extension of SNA that
facilitates the flexible and easy distribution of
applications, information and other network resources to the
end user.
-- Network management integration will enable customers to
manage networks with Macintosh personal computers by IBM's
LAN Network Manager or centrally through NetView(R), IBM's
flagship network management product. This will promote more
cost-effective and efficient management of networks
consisting of Apple and IBM products.
-- Macintosh personal computers and IBM's AS/400(R) family of
mid-range systems will communicate more effectively for
improved access to AS/400 data and application resources.
Enhancements for the Macintosh will include terminal
services as well as the more advanced client/server
functions of the AS/400. Apple will also implement its Data
Access Language server for the AS/400. Data Access Language
is Apple's Structured Query Language (SQL)-based technology
for consistent access to relational databases on multiple
platforms.
"The agreement with Apple presents exciting new opportunities to
further IBM's ongoing commitment to build open, flexible networks
where data and information can be exchanged across many different
computer platforms," said Ellen Hancock, IBM vice president and
general manager of the Networking Systems line of business. "Along
with the enhanced networking capabilities of IBM's own PS/2 and OS/2
products, these efforts underscore IBM's commitment to promoting the
growing role of the desktop in enterprise computing."
"We've made great strides in making Macintosh interconnect seamlessly
into multivendor environments. The agreement with IBM will strengthen
our position in enterprise computing--and more importantly make things
easier for customers of both companies," said Michael Spindler, presi-
dent and chief operating officer of Apple Computer.
Today's announcements complement an existing array of products that
help support interoperability between Apple desktop computers and IBM
networks. Some of the functions these products address include
workstation-to-mainframe hardware and software, local and wide area
connectivity, application-to-application communication, and more
specialized functions such as workstation data backup and archiving.
All arrangements are conditional on several events, including a
closing.
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Apple, the Apple logo, Macintosh, AppleTalk are registered
trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc.
IBM, NetView, OS/2, PS/2, AS/400 are trademarks of International
Business Machines Corp.
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APPLE, IBM FINALIZE MILESTONE TECHNOLOGY ALLIANCE
SAN FRANCISCO, October 2, 1991 . . . Apple Computer, Inc. and IBM
today announced a series of comprehensive agreements that will propel
the personal computer industry into a new era.
The historic agreements, in which Motorola, Inc. will play a key tech-
nology role, cover a range of hardware and software initiatives and
follow the terms of the companies' letter of intent announced three
months ago.
For customers, the benefits of the alliance will begin in the near
future with Macintosh computers communicating even more readily in
large-system networks. These agreements then will extend the benefits
of IBM RISC and Macintosh technologies across a broader range of open-
systems platforms. And longer term, Apple and IBM have formed two
software joint ventures that will create exciting new capabilities,
make computers easier to use and make computer programming simpler and
much faster.
For the industry, these initiatives will expand business opportunities
for developers and other vendors while accelerating the pace of tech-
nology creation. And while IBM and Apple will work together to culti-
vate these opportunities, they will continue to compete unrelentingly
with their own systems.
"These agreements are the foundation for a renaissance," said John
Sculley, chairman and chief executive officer of Apple. "We're
dramatically expanding customers' choices while lowering their risks
when buying computers. We're making open systems even more powerful
and easier to use. And we're building new foundation technologies
that will be a framework of innovation across a vast array of indus-
tries."
John F. Akers, chairman of IBM, said, "The second decade of personal
computing begins today. Increasingly, systems software and semicon-
ductor technology are defining where essential value is added to
computers. With this alliance, Apple and IBM are drawing on their
strengths -- and those of Motorola -- to continue setting the pace for
our customers." │ George Fisher, chairman and chief executive officer
of Motorola, added: "These agreements combine the unique talents of
three great companies to create a powerful new computing platform.
Motorola is proud to invest its microprocessor design and manufac-
turing leadership in this seminal undertaking."
The alliance consists of five distinct technology initiatives. Three
expand the companies' current technologies. Two focus on the creation
of new foundation technologies.
EXPANSION TO CURRENT TECHNOLOGIES
- Macintosh and IBM systems networking: Through new development and
technology and software licensing, Apple and IBM will add to the range
of customer options for integration of Macintosh personal computers
into IBM networks. The first products from this agreement will be
available as early as December 1991.
- Powerful RISC microprocessors: Apple, IBM and Motorola will create
a new family of Reduced Instruction Set Computing (RISC) micro-
processors optimized for personal computers and entry-level work-
stations. Derived from IBM's single-chip implementation of its POWER
RISC architecture, the new PowerPC chips will be designed in Austin,
Texas by Motorola and IBM engineers. The PowerPC chips, to be used in
some future Macintosh and IBM products, will be manufactured and made
available for sale to the industry by Motorola. They are expected to
be available in two to three years.
- Open systems platform: Apple and IBM are announcing PowerOpen
(tm), a new open-systems environment made possible through licensing
agreements. PowerOpen derives from AIX, IBM's industry-standard
version of Unix, the Macintosh interface and the POWER architecture.
The environment enables a system to run both Macintosh and AIX appli-
cations on RISC-based hardware from both companies. Examples of
PowerOpen systems will include some future RISC System/6000's and
RISC-based Macintoshes. This easy-to-use, standards-based environment
will be available in two to three years. IBM will continue to enhance
its RISC System/6000 independently. Apple also will continue to
enhance its A/UX offering.
NEW FOUNDATION TECHNOLOGIES
- Multimedia joint venture: Apple and IBM will form a new inde-
pendent company that will create and license multimedia technologies
for a wide range of companies and industries. Products resulting from
the joint venture will be available in the mid-1990s.
- Object-oriented software joint venture: Apple and IBM will form an
independent joint venture that will develop a next-generation oper-
ating environment based entirely on object-oriented technology. The
joint venture will license the technology widely, and both parent
companies will use it in future products. Apple will integrate
aspects of object-oriented technology into Macintosh. IBM will inte-
grate aspects of object-oriented technology into OS/2 and AIX. The
fully object-oriented environment is expected to be available in the
mid-1990s.
As part of the agreements, Apple and IBM also announced a cross-
license of patents and visual displays, including a limited license to
the Macintosh visual displays.
Agreements have been submitted for government review and effectiveness
is subject to conditions, including closings.