From: Mark Kovarski <kovarski@zooid.guild.org>
Subject: The IBM/Apple/Motorola Alliance [Information]
Organization: The Zoo of Ids
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 06:28:50 GMT

This is an older document but might be still of interest to users.

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 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


 Contact:

 Paul T. Bergevin
 IBM
 (914) 765-6630

 Barbara Krause
 Apple Computer, Inc.
 (408) 974-3719

 Ken Phillips
 Motorola, Inc.
 (602) 952-3637


    APPLE AND IBM OUTLINE TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES FOR THE 1990s


      San Jose, Calif., July 3, 1991 . . . Apple Computer, Inc.
 and IBM will work to create powerful new open system software
 platforms for the 1990s, according to a letter of intent signed
 today by both companies.  The companies will develop and market
 new technologies which both Apple and IBM will integrate into
 existing and future products, as well as offer for use on other
 vendors' computers.
      The letter of intent covers four areas of general
 understanding:
 1. Joint venture for object-oriented software:  Apple and IBM
 intend to create a new open system software platform that will be
 based on object-oriented technology.  The new platform will offer
 major new user and system functionality, while greatly
 simplifying the process of application programming.  It will span
 a wide range of computing platforms - from laptop computers to
 large servers - and is expected to run on major industry hardware
 platforms, including Intel's x86, Motorola's 680X0, and IBM's
 RISC System/6000 POWER* architecture.  Apple and IBM intend to
 use object-oriented technology in future product offerings, as
 well as in current operating systems, assuring that applications
 written for current operating systems, including AIX*, OS/2* and
 Macintosh*, will run in these new environments.
      In order to implement this plan, Apple and IBM will form a
 new system software company to be jointly owned and independently
 managed.  The software will be offered for sale for both IBM and
 Apple* computers.  Additionally, it will be marketed widely by
 the new company for use on other vendors' systems.
 2. Apple Macintosh computer integration into IBM's enterprise
 systems:  IBM and Apple plan to work together to further
 integrate Macintosh into the client/server enterprise environment
 in two ways.  First, Apple and IBM will develop, market, and
 support networking and communication products that will further
 extend the ability of the Apple Macintosh computer to operate in
 the IBM enterprise environment.  Second, IBM and Apple will
 develop and market an enhanced AIX (IBM's industry-standard UNIX*
 operating system) that combines the best of IBM's open systems
 with Macintosh and its thousands of user-oriented productivity
 applications.  The enhanced AIX will span the range from desktop
 workstations to servers, and will offer Macintosh and OSF/Motif*
 user interfaces.
 3. Significant new markets for the IBM POWER RISC architecture:
 Apple intends to adopt future single-chip implementations of
 IBM's RS/6000 POWER architecture -- called POWER PC -- in future
 Apple Macintosh personal computers.  Both companies will use
 POWER PC microprocessors in workstations and file servers.
 Motorola, Inc. and IBM will use their expertise to design and
 manufacture a new family of world-class POWER PC chips.  Motorola
 will serve as a source to IBM, Apple and other open systems
 vendors.  Motorola intends to market the POWER PC microprocessors
 in configurations that will target a broad spectrum of systems.
 4. Common multimedia platforms for the industry:  IBM and Apple
 plan to work together to create and license platform-independent
 software environments that will stimulate widespread industry
 development of this new technology.  New multimedia technology
 resulting from this effort also will be made available for use on
 other vendors' products.
      Implementation of the letter of intent is contingent on the
 execution of definitive contracts.  The companies intend to
 complete the contracts later this year and will release further
 details only at that time.  Products resulting from these
 agreements are expected to reach the marketplace over the next
 two to three years.

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 070391
 *1991 Apple Computer Inc., Apple, and the Apple logo and
 Macintosh are registered trademarks of Apple Computer Inc.  IBM,
 AIX and OS/2 are registered trademarks of International Business
 Machines Corporation.  POWER and POWER PC are trademarks of
 International Business Machines Corporation.  UNIX is a
 registered trademark of UNIX Systems Laboratories, Inc.
 OSF/Motif is a trademark of Open Software Foundation.|

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