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Technology Stocks : Apple Inc. -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (69356)	9/27/2007 10:34:07 PM
From: JP Sullivan	Respond to of 213177

wasn't OS9 that scam edition though that wasn't really an upgrade OS? I'm afraid I don't know. It's a pretty solid edition to me. -we-

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (69356)	9/29/2007 9:06:46 AM
From: bluezuu	Respond to of 213177

Is was OS 8 not OS 9. -------------- One of Jobs' first projects after returning to Apple was renegotiating the clone licenses to increase Apple's royalty on each unit sold. The increased royalty would have made it impossible for Power Computing, Motorola, Umax, and the others to continue undercutting Apple on price. When the clone makers balked, Jobs took advantage of a clause in the agreement that specified that it only applied to System 7. By naming what was intended to be Mac OS 7.7 "Mac OS 8", he left the licensees out in the cold. The renamed OS was released on July 26, 1997, and none of the clone makers agreed to the more costly licensing terms that would have allowed them to offer it. lowendmac.com