Jon,

        I believe that either Steve Jobs or Steve Wazniac <sp?> worked for HP when
they designed the first Apple II.  It was built in an apple create, hence
the name, and they had to present it to HP first, to make sure they didn't
want it.  I believe it was one of those "While you work here anything you
invent belongs to us, unless we don't want it" deals.

Thanx,
        Jon

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Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 3:57 PM
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Subject: Re: Friday Humor


I don't remember the specifics, but I vaguely recall that the 3k & MPE were
said to have had some direct influence on the initial design of the Mac and
its OS. One of the Mac architects used to work for HP or some such.

On Fri, 9 Nov 2001 15:29:36 -0500, Jonathan M. Backus
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>        Interesting.  I have often thought of the HP e3000 & MPE as the
Apple &
>MacOS of the mid-range computers.  It's a better, more stable, environment
>that you pay a little more for, but non-technical people seem to want "what
>appears to be" the cheapest solution, even when it ends up costing them
more
>in instability, reboots, add-ons, etc.
>
>Go figure,
>        Jon

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