I guess you didn't read the link? >Donn was making good progress and looked to be on track to ship in early 1985; we were excited to show the world what Basic

I guess you didn't read the link? >Donn was making good progress and looked to be on track to ship in early 1985; we were excited to show the world what Basic should really look like on the Macintosh. >He knew that Donn's Basic was way ahead of Microsoft's, so, as a condition for agreeing to renew Applesoft, he demanded that Apple abandon MacBasic, buying it from Apple for the price of $1, and then burying it. I bought Microsoft's BASIC for the Mac, and it was a waste of money, and I'd've much rather had Apple's based on my reading of the books which were published about it despite it not having been released save as a beta: https://apple.fandom.com/wiki/MacBASIC#Books https://apple.fandom.com/wiki/MacBASIC#Books