APPLE SELLS MOTOROLA MAC CLONING RIGHTS.Byline: Catalina Ortiz Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Apple Computer Inc., seeking to revive its stalled licensing strategy and boost its shrinking market share, said Monday that it has granted rights to its Macintosh operating system (operating system) Macintosh Operating System - (Mac OS) Apple Computer, Inc.'s proprietary operating system for their Macintosh family of personal computers. The part of the operating system that simulates the desktop is called "Finder. to Motorola Inc. The agreement could greatly extend the Macintosh's reach into China through a joint Motorola venture with that nation's biggest electronics company. It also is part of an Apple drive to spur the development of more Macintosh software This list of Macintosh software reveals prominent Mac OS computer programs. Since the library of Mac OS programs is unmanageable, this list is confined to those programs for which a Wikipedia article exists. . Encouraging more Macintosh software is seen as critical to the survival of Apple, which is suffering through a string of financial and marketing mishaps. "Our intention is to get as many people around the world excited using (the Macintosh operating system) as we can," said Gilbert Amelio, Apple's new chairman and chief executive officer. With Monday's agreement, Motorola becomes the largest company to "clone clone, group of organisms, all of which are descended from a single individual through asexual reproduction, as in a pure cell culture of bacteria. Except for changes in the hereditary material that come about by mutation, all members of a clone are genetically " the Macintosh. It also is the first company to win the right to sublicense sub·li·cense n. A license giving rights of production or marketing of products or services to a person or company that is not the primary holder of such rights. tr.v. the MacOS, the program that controls the Mac's basic operations. That means other manufacturers that buy Motorola boards and systems - the inside workings of a computer - can make machines running the Mac software without having to negotiate with Apple. "I think this is a significant step because it makes the (licensing) process more flexible and allows us to move ahead quickly," Amelio said. CAPTION(S): PHOTO Photo New Apple CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Gilbert Amelio answers questions at a press conference. The firm will license its system to Motorola. Associated Press |
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