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...such a plan to work, Apple would have to agree to license its Macintosh operating system to IBM, a step that could lower Apple's profits in the short run -- after all, the company would lose its exclusive franchise -- and cast doubt on IBM's commitment to the much touted new version of its OS/2 operating system...
These clashing interests help explain why IBM and Apple, after spending so many years competing, now have trouble collaborating. The two agreed in 1991 to sign on with Motorola in the venture that produced the chip at the heart of both the Power Mac and IBM's long-awaited Power PC. But analysts say conflicts within IBM's personal-computer unit over whether to pursue a joint strategy have prevented the company from keeping pace with Apple: while that company has shipped some 600,000 Power Macs since March, IBM is still waiting for software companies to develop additional programs...
...seen before where IBM signs an agreement on something but the follow-through is not there," says Barry Bosak, who watches the company for Smith Barney. "And with all the turmoil and constant changes taking place at Apple and IBM, there's some question as to whether this new deal will actually get done...
...easy to use. After all, the Silicon Valley start-up hired away most of the hackers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign who had written the original program, and their new version -- Mosaic Netscape -- is suddenly the hottest thing on the Net. So why are AT& T, IBM and Digital Equipment licensing a competing version from low-profile Spyglass? Because Spyglass has something Mosaic never bothered to get -- a license from the university. School spokesfolks say they are trying to avoid a lawsuit, but add, "We're obligated to our licensees to protect our intellectual property...
Apple contemplates a historic deal with IBM...