Skip to Main Content
Apple Confidential 2.0, 2nd Edition
book

Apple Confidential 2.0, 2nd Edition

by Owen Linzmayer
January 2004
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
344 pages
13h 15m
English
No Starch Press
Content preview from Apple Confidential 2.0, 2nd Edition
The Clone Quandary
255
updates. The update following System 7.6 was code-named Tempo and
was expected to be called System 7.7 when released in July 1997. But if it
were called Mac OS 8 instead, Apple could legally renegotiate the clone
contracts for more favorable terms, and that’s exactly what it set out to do.
The clone community leaked word of the tactic to the press in hopes of
fostering a public outcry but eventually was willing to compromise to keep
the business functioning.
In November 1996, Power Computing hired Joel J. Kocher as president
and COO. Kocher had overseen Dell Computer’s phenomenal growth in
the early 1990s, and Kahng hoped ...
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Start your free trial

You might also like

Macintosh Bible, 8th Edition, The

Macintosh Bible, 8th Edition, The

Clifford Colby, Marty Cortinas
Chasing Digital

Chasing Digital

Anthony Stevens, Louis Strauss

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781457172472Errata