[Coco] OS-9: Here we go again (see also: Coco and CoCofest)

[David Ladd]

Eric,

I believe Microware has already been working on OS-9/ARM for a while now
and since both iPhone's and the new Mac's are ARM based there you go :P


Sincerely,
David Ladd
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On Fri, Aug 12, 2022 at 5:10 PM Eric Canales via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
wrote:

> Hmm, sounds good! Who's ready to start development on OS-9 X and iOS-9 for
> phones?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Coco <coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com> On Behalf Of cantpitch via Coco
> Sent: Friday, August 12, 2022 4:09 PM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Cc: cantpitch <cantpitch at protonmail.com>; Arthur Flexser <flexser at fiu.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Coco] OS-9: Here we go again (see also: Coco and CoCofest)
>
> Dismissed as “fair use”:
> https://www.zdnet.com/article/court-dismisses-os-9-suit/
>
> Hans
>
> On Fri, Aug 12, 2022 at 1:53 PM, Arthur Flexser via Coco <
> coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:
>
> > I take it Microware lost the suit?
> >
> > Art
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 12, 2022 at 12:09 PM Allen Huffman via Coco <
> > coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:
> >
> >> In late 1999, Microware filed a lawsuit against Apple for their
> >> upcoming “OS 9” software. The official title, of course, was “Mac OS
> >> 9” but even Steve Jobs kept saying “You’ll love OS 9” or similar in his
> keynote.
> >>
> >> The introduction of “Mac OS 9” basically buried Microware OS-9 on the
> >> internet. It became difficult to find OS-9 without adding specific
> >> keywords. You’d get buried in Mac search results. Folks wandered in
> >> to the
> >> comp.os.os9 newsgroup to ask Mac questions.
> >>
> >> Fun times :) Now that Mac OS 9 is long long gone, it’s easier to find
> >> OS-9 stuff again online.
> >>
> >> However, today my Google “OS-9” news alert was triggered by … Apple
> >> Watch OS 9. Apparently that’s a thing that will be coming out soon,
> >> so I look forward to getting tons of news alerts about it. (Mac OS 9
> >> recently had an anniversary, so for a few weeks my OS-9 news alerts
> >> were going off about that too.)
> >>
> >> Similar:
> >>
> >> The “Coco” animated movie has made it difficult to find CoCo websites
> >> (and VERY difficult to find YouTube videos).
> >>
> >> And if you try to find “CoCoFest” online, you’ll see a newer event
> >> with that same title pops up at the top these days.
> >>
> >> Gotta love it ;-)
> >>
> >> Summary: Hey, CoCofests, CoCo and OS-9 is back in the news!
> >> --
> >> Allen Huffman - PO Box 7634 - Urbandale IA 50323 - 515-999-0227
> >> (vmail/TXT
> >> only)
> >> http://www.subethasoftware.com -
> >> https://www.facebook.com/subethasoftware
> >> http://www.PayPal.me/AllenHuffman.
> >> http://swagbucks.com/refer/allenhuffman
> >>
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