Re: [NTLK] It is the Fix

From: matthiasm <mm_at_matthiasm.com>
Date: Mon Jan 05 2009 - 04:25:38 EST

On 05.01.2009, at 02:44, Valerio Paris Mitritsakis wrote:

> Apple agreed
> with Microsoft to kill the Newton so that they would have the handheld
> marked to them selves.
> In the light of saving the company, killing the Newton was a small
> price to pay and kept Apple out of the market for a decade until 2007
> when they introduced the
> iPhone...

Interesting observation. Especially since this is exactly 10 years, a
very common non-compete time span.

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