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- From: Mark Kovarski <kovarski@zooid.guild.org>
- Subject: The IBM/Apple/Motorola Alliance [Information]
- Organization: The Zoo of Ids
- Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 06:28:50 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan10.062850.9751@zooid.guild.org>
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- This is an older document but might be still of interest to users.
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- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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- Contact:
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- Paul T. Bergevin
- IBM
- (914) 765-6630
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- Barbara Krause
- Apple Computer, Inc.
- (408) 974-3719
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- Ken Phillips
- Motorola, Inc.
- (602) 952-3637
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- APPLE AND IBM OUTLINE TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES FOR THE 1990s
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- San Jose, Calif., July 3, 1991 . . . Apple Computer, Inc.
- and IBM will work to create powerful new open system software
- platforms for the 1990s, according to a letter of intent signed
- today by both companies. The companies will develop and market
- new technologies which both Apple and IBM will integrate into
- existing and future products, as well as offer for use on other
- vendors' computers.
- The letter of intent covers four areas of general
- understanding:
- 1. Joint venture for object-oriented software: Apple and IBM
- intend to create a new open system software platform that will be
- based on object-oriented technology. The new platform will offer
- major new user and system functionality, while greatly
- simplifying the process of application programming. It will span
- a wide range of computing platforms - from laptop computers to
- large servers - and is expected to run on major industry hardware
- platforms, including Intel's x86, Motorola's 680X0, and IBM's
- RISC System/6000 POWER* architecture. Apple and IBM intend to
- use object-oriented technology in future product offerings, as
- well as in current operating systems, assuring that applications
- written for current operating systems, including AIX*, OS/2* and
- Macintosh*, will run in these new environments.
- In order to implement this plan, Apple and IBM will form a
- new system software company to be jointly owned and independently
- managed. The software will be offered for sale for both IBM and
- Apple* computers. Additionally, it will be marketed widely by
- the new company for use on other vendors' systems.
- 2. Apple Macintosh computer integration into IBM's enterprise
- systems: IBM and Apple plan to work together to further
- integrate Macintosh into the client/server enterprise environment
- in two ways. First, Apple and IBM will develop, market, and
- support networking and communication products that will further
- extend the ability of the Apple Macintosh computer to operate in
- the IBM enterprise environment. Second, IBM and Apple will
- develop and market an enhanced AIX (IBM's industry-standard UNIX*
- operating system) that combines the best of IBM's open systems
- with Macintosh and its thousands of user-oriented productivity
- applications. The enhanced AIX will span the range from desktop
- workstations to servers, and will offer Macintosh and OSF/Motif*
- user interfaces.
- 3. Significant new markets for the IBM POWER RISC architecture:
- Apple intends to adopt future single-chip implementations of
- IBM's RS/6000 POWER architecture -- called POWER PC -- in future
- Apple Macintosh personal computers. Both companies will use
- POWER PC microprocessors in workstations and file servers.
- Motorola, Inc. and IBM will use their expertise to design and
- manufacture a new family of world-class POWER PC chips. Motorola
- will serve as a source to IBM, Apple and other open systems
- vendors. Motorola intends to market the POWER PC microprocessors
- in configurations that will target a broad spectrum of systems.
- 4. Common multimedia platforms for the industry: IBM and Apple
- plan to work together to create and license platform-independent
- software environments that will stimulate widespread industry
- development of this new technology. New multimedia technology
- resulting from this effort also will be made available for use on
- other vendors' products.
- Implementation of the letter of intent is contingent on the
- execution of definitive contracts. The companies intend to
- complete the contracts later this year and will release further
- details only at that time. Products resulting from these
- agreements are expected to reach the marketplace over the next
- two to three years.
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- # # #
- 070391
- *1991 Apple Computer Inc., Apple, and the Apple logo and
- Macintosh are registered trademarks of Apple Computer Inc. IBM,
- AIX and OS/2 are registered trademarks of International Business
- Machines Corporation. POWER and POWER PC are trademarks of
- International Business Machines Corporation. UNIX is a
- registered trademark of UNIX Systems Laboratories, Inc.
- OSF/Motif is a trademark of Open Software Foundation.|
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