ok, it was something in between. it all happened in 1985, last year of the official dictatorship (followed by a non-elected president, because the indirectly el

ok, it was something in between. it all happened in 1985, last year of the official dictatorship (followed by a non-elected president, because the indirectly elected one died before even being sworn in. but let's not even go in there...) http://www.brasilwire.com/the-1980s-trade-war-between-brasil-and-apple/ http://www.brasilwire.com/the-1980s-trade-war-between-brasil... "No, the first Macintosh clone was the Unitron Mac 512, a unauthorized copy of the 512k “Fat Mac” produced by a Brazilian company in 1986. And it was a pretty darn impressive copy. The fallout from that effort nearly helped start a trade war between Brasil and the United States; to prevent theft of Intellectual Property, Apple and other companies lobbied Congress to hike import taxes on Brazilian goods like oranges and shoes as a response." In the lawsuit, apple claimed it was a copy, Unitron claimed it was a cleanroom effort. What was what we will never know. and i am messing up other CPU clones that sold in europe (and eastern europe) from brazil, that ultimately died because of the repercussion of the Unitron case. Prologica and Microdigital I think. and Globo bootstraped its television with a investment from Time-Life in 62. It is always removed from en wikipedia, but it is mentioned on pt wikipedia. But search for the date and the two companies, and you will find tons of academic articles about that.