(ƒ«š6Motorola Computer Group Licenses Mac(tm) OS from AppleYô *kane@pacific.urbana.mcd.mot.comX-Fro—Om: kane@pacific.urbana.mcd.mot.com (Patrick E. Kane)To: VanWarren@eworld.comThis is a press release fro—mm the Motorola group that I work for. Thisis very cool, maybe my next Mac will be a Moto box...Pat--->—m FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE> > For more information > contact:> > Terri Thorson> Mot—morola Computer Group> 602/438-3287> > or> > Joan MacNeil Stone> Cunningham > —mCommunication,Inc.> 408/764-0734> > > > Motorola Computer Group Licenses Mac(tm) OS from Apple> —m> Motorola Confirms Mac(tm) OS tied to PowerPC(tm) Multiple Operating System> Strategy> > > Tempe, Ariz.—m, February 19, 1996 - The Motorola Computer Group > (MCG) announced today it has reached agreement with Appl—me Computer, Inc.> (Cupertino, CA) to license the Mac(tm) OS operating system. This licensing> agreement app—mlies to version 7.5.x and includes access to the next major> release of the operating system. With this the—m Motorola Computer Group > also becomes the first licensee to be able to sub-license the Mac OS with > its —mmotherboards and private-label systems to the OEM marketplace. MCG will use this license to increase Mac —mOS presence in the > markets it serves which will offer users more supplier choices and also > offer softwa—mre developers with incremental market opportunities. Motorola> plans to exploit the PowerPC Platform, (also—m known as the Common Hardware> Reference Platform (CHRP)) announced by the AIM (Apple, IBM, Motorola)> alli—mance at Comdex last November, to bring its offerings to the > marketplace.> Under the agreement announce—md today, Motorola will sell, support and service Mac OS-based PowerPC (tm) Platform desktop systems under th—me Motorola brand name, positioning MCG as a premier supplier of PowerPC platforms.> "This licensing agre—mement is strong evidence that Motorola is > committed to PowerPC and the Mac OS market. It complements our —mplan to> support PowerPC-based multiple operating solutions to the market," said > Joe Guglielmi, corporate—m vice president and general manager of the > Motorola Computer Group. "We applaud Apple for its open vision.—m This agreement greatly expands the choice of Mac OS-based system suppliers worldwide, which will allow—m more individuals access to this significant platform. We are also excited about the opportunity to sub-li—mcense this technology to OEMs that want to provide Mac OS applications which expand their markets."> "—mWe are extremely pleased with Motorola's commitment to the Mac > OS," said Dr. Gil Amelio, chairman and CEO,—m Apple Computer, Inc. > "Motorola's reputation for manufacturing high-quality products, its modern > manu—mfacturing facilities, and the fact that it will be able to sub-license> the Mac OS, opens a new range of opp—mortunities to computer manufacturers> purchasing motherboards and systems from Motorola. This should result—m in > a significant growth of the Mac OS platform."> In support of this agreement, Motorola intends to le—mverage its Six > Sigma manufacturing capability to provide a range of low-cost, multiple > operating system—m solutions based on the PowerPC Platform to support demand> for the Mac OS. By combining the Mac OS-based d—mesktop system with its> Windows NT(tm)-based server product line, MCG can provide world class > client serv—mer solutions. Motorola plans to distribute its Mac OS-based> products to the enterprise marketplace worldwid—me by leveraging its > existing distribution channels. MCG is also planning to add new corporate > reseller—ms that focus on solutions for the enterprise marketplace.> MCG will use its recently-announced joint ventu—mre with Panda > Electronics Group in China to distribute Mac OS-compatible systems to that> rapidly expandi—mng marketplace. Nanjing Power Computing LTD will use Panda > Electronics distribution channels to distribut—me Mac OS-based desktop > systems to consumer and education markets in China. In addition to this> joint ve—mnture between MCG and Panda Electronics, Motorola has established> partnerships with several organizations i—mn the People's Republic of China > to provide software development and localization support.> Motorola's —mSemiconductor Products Sector (SPS) fully supports a > broad-based family of scalable, high-performance Powe—mrPC microprocessors > for the Mac OS, Windows NT, AIX(r) and Solaris operating environments. In> addition —mto the processor family, SPS provides comprehensive support for> building computer solutions based on the Po—mwerPC Platform including system> and software development tools, compatible chip sets, reference design> sy—mstems and open firmware. Motorola SPS will expand on these offerings to> include support for the Mac-compat—mible market.> The Motorola Computer Group is a worldwide hardware and software > platform supplier to com—mpanies that provide computer solutions - original> equipment manufacturers, distributors, value-added resell—mers (VARs), > systems integrators and select end users. MCG products include a full > range of industry-le—mading VMEbus boards; multi-user systems and client/server platforms based on the PowerPC microprocessor, A—mIX(r) 4.1, > Windows NT(tm) 3.51 and Solaris operating systems; and real-time system> platforms.> MCG co—mrporate headquarters, along with regional headquarters for > Latin America, are located in Tempe, Ariz. Reg—mional European headquarters> are located in Maidenhead, United Kingdom and Hamburg, Germany. European > ch—mannel headquarters are located in Paris, France. Headquarters for MCG's> Asia Pacific region are located in—m Hong Kong. Information about MCG's> products is available on the World Wide Web at the location > http://—mwww.mot.com/computer/.> > > Motorola Inc. (NYSE:MOT) is one of the world's leading providers of > wireles—ms communications, semiconductors, and advanced electronic systems, > components, and services. Major equipm—ment business include cellular> telephone, two-way radio, paging and data communications, personal> communic—mations, automotive, defense and space electronics and computers. > Motorola semiconductors power communicati—mon devices, computers and > millions of other products. Motorola's 1995 sales were $27 billion.> > —m # # #> > Motorola and the Motorola logo are registered trademarks of Motorola, —mInc.> PowerPC is a trademark of International Business Machines Corp. and is > used by Motorola under licen—mse from International Business Machines Corp.> Windows NT is a trademark of Microsoft Corp.> AIX is a regis—mtered trademark of International Business Machines Corp.> Apple, the Apple logo, and Power Macintosh are reg—mistered trademarks, and > the Mac and Mac OS are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc.> Other brand or product—m names are registered trademarks or trademarks of > their respective holders.> > > > > - ------- End —9of Forwarded Message------- End of Forwarded Message3----------------------- Headers ----------------—----------------[From kane@pacific.urbana.mcd.mot.com Mon Feb 19 07:41:05 1996Return-Path: kane@pacific.u—mrbana.mcd.mot.comReceived: from pacific.urbana.mcd.mot.com (pacific.urbana.mcd.mot.com [144.191.64.9]) by hp—m1.online.apple.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id HAA13488 for ; Mon, 19 Feb 1996 07:40:—m51 -0800Received: from localhost by pacific.urbana.mcd.mot.com (8.6.8.2/1.34.) id JAA03462; Mon, 19 Feb 199—m6 09:40:18 -0600Message-Id: <199602191540.JAA03462@pacific.urbana.mcd.mot.com>To: VanWarren@eworld.comSubj—mect: Motorola Computer Group Licenses Mac(tm) OS from AppleDate: Mon, 19 Feb 96 09:40:14 CSTFrom: "Patrick —+E. 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