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Apple Nearly Moved to SPARC

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the we-that-woulda-been-interesting dept.

taskforce writes "Sun Microsystems Co-Founder Bill Joy claims that Apple nearly moved to Sun's SPARC chips instead of IBM's PPC platform, back in the mid-1990s. From the article: "We got very close to having Apple use Sparc. That almost happened," Joy said at a panel discussion featuring reminiscences by Sun's four cofounders at the Computer History Museum. An account of his entire presentation can be found on Cnet."

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  1. Fine dining by Mostly+a+lurker · · Score: 5, Funny
    Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy had to be wined and dined at a Silicon Valley McDonald's before he gave up his reluctance to help launch the workstation maker in 1982
    History does not record which of the many fine vintages available at McDonald's was selected on this illustrious occasion.
    1. Re:Fine dining by Neo-Rio-101 · · Score: 4, Funny

      So that explains the "Happy Meal Ethernet" driver for Linux on SPARC systems....

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  2. almost ?!?!? by TTL0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    almost only counts in horseshoes and handgrenades.

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  3. Alternative Headline by Bloater · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sun Microsystems Boasts "We're not quite good enough."

  4. Isn't that... by Black+Parrot · · Score: 4, Funny

    Isn't that kinda like "I almost got laid"?

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