The PC's Soviet?

From: Charles P. Hobbs <transit_at_primenet.com>
Date: Wed Apr 29 23:37:39 1998

On Wed, 29 Apr 1998, Doug Spence wrote:

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> On Wed, 22 Apr 1998, Max Eskin wrote:
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> > >> There were all kinds of small Apple cloners around, with various Apple
> > >> variety and fruit names ("Granny Smith", "McIntosh", "Pear", etc.). The
> >
> > Any lawsuits there with that second item?
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> No, as far as I know, McIntosh didn't sue Apple for using such a similar
> name to theirs. :)

I vaguely recall a licensing arrangement between McIntosh (the stereo
people) and Apple, allowing Apple to call the computer "Macintosh".

Heck, wasn't the name "Apple" licensed from the British record company of
the same name (Apple the computer company could use the name as long as
they didn't get into the music business. . .which made things get
interesting when people started doing MIDI stuff with Macs . . .)
Received on Wed Apr 29 1998 - 23:37:39 BST