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From: "Ian MacLure" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Rumor Mill: Apple explores use of Intel chips
Date: Sat, 04 Jun 2005 10:12:37 -0700

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> DJA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On: Fri, 03 Jun 2005 23:45:02 -0700
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>  >> What......??? Do you have a url.....?? As I understand it PPC 
> is developed by IBM and they own the patents to it.....
> 

As I understand it's not really a partnership at least in the legals sense. IBM 
licensed the PPC technology to Motorola. I can almost garuntee you that Apple 
does not control any patents associated with PPC......

>       IBM may own the patents but the chips are produced by a lockstep 
> consortium.
>       By lockstep I mean none of the partners can sell the chips before the 
> others
>       are on-line as well. This has been a source of some friction as one of 
> the
>       consortium members has a history of being late for the parade.
> 
>       IBM
> 
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