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There's something strange about this story. Apple could have turned "MacBasic" into a marginally different language and product and still shipped it, right? Why
by chipsy 12y ago
There's something strange about this story. Apple could have turned "MacBasic" into a marginally different language and product and still shipped it, right? Why didn't that occur to them?
- djur 12y agoMicrosoft would have perceived it as competition regardless. That's why they insisted on buying it from Apple, rather than just securing an agreement not to release it.
- mikeash 12y agoThey'd have had to start a new implementation from scratch, since Microsoft bought their existing work, and if the timeline of the original project held true for the new one, it would have taken years to build.