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To: Robert Salasidis who wrote (137051)	6/8/2001 9:04:37 PM
From: Dave Budde	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

"I refer mostly to their BIOS, and by extension MB, and other CPU components that are normally purchased on initial purchase of a Mac." OK, and how is this different from say Compaq, or IBM? They write their own BIOS, and design and manufacture their own motherboards. They even create proprietary chipsets. Both these companies, just like Apple, provide a product with well defined interfaces to the outside world, provide upgrade paths for memory, CPU, add-in cards, etc. And software developers can use development tools and APIs to create applications. How are Compaq and IBM different than Apple from a closed system point of view?