IIRC, the tech you speak of was (mostly/only) the Russian handwriting
recognition.
On 20. Jun., 2009, at 04:32 AM, James Fraser wrote:
> I believe that there were dark rumors (though I may have misheard)
> flying around to the effect that there was some sort of backroom
> deal The Steve worked out with Bill Gates that Microsoft would be
> handed the technology behind the Newton in exchange for either a
> boatload of cash and/or continued development for Microsoft Office
> (which helped to sell Macs at a time when Apple desperately needed
> to sell them).
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