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To: WebDrone who wrote (24778)	5/12/1999 10:06:00 PM
From: MeDroogies	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 213177

1. I was making a toungue-in-cheek comment. 2. I don't know why...I just know what I heard from a friend. Sometimes companies buy others for PR. Sometimes they buy them for product. Sometimes they buy them when they see something many others don't. Can't answer your question in a fully reliable manner.

To: WebDrone who wrote (24778)	5/12/1999 11:31:00 PM
From: J R KARY	Respond to of 213177

AAPL licensing SGI's Open GL probably started the "buy out" speculation > " Droogies, Looks like PPC is in solid supply, so why buy sgi?"<< Methimks Webness you have parsed: "why buy the cow when the milk is free ?" AAPL's January "dairy deal" to use SGI's GL: ---- "(SGI's CEO) Rick Belluzzo feels the events of this week serve to emphasize the common goals of both companies. "We believe in the importance and significance of Apple Computer, and we are fundamentally committed to successfully moving OpenGL into the Mac environment. The addition of Apple's extensive innovation, technology, and experience will be a great advantage to everyone in the OpenGL world. Together with Apple and the developer community, I believe we will be able to introduce some truly great new products and technologies. This is a wonderful announcement that gives us all cause to be very excited about the future. " ---- wysiwyg://12/http://www.sgi.com/features/1999/jan/opengl/ More to come . Maybe a strategic alliance built around AAPL's OS X (UNIX) and a version of AAPL's PowerPC architecture ? WWDC had to impress SGI . Jim K.