7 Apr
2000
7 Apr
'00
5:30 p.m.
On Fri, Apr 07, 2000 at 03:13:47PM -0400, Sean 'Captain Napalm' Conner wrote:
Apple was working on a version of BASIC for the
Macintosh that would
resemble VB today in the late 80s/early 90s. Microsoft got wind of it and
threatened to cut their license to Microsoft BASIC for the APPLE II (still
amoney maker at the time) if Apple actually released the product. Apple
towed the line and what do you know---Microsoft produces this very
innovative product called Visual Basic shortly thereafter, but for Windows.
To my knowledge, the Apple ``Visual Basic'' never saw the light of day.
I heard the same story when I did an internship at Apple in summer '89.
The way I heard it, the Mac BASIC actually got as far as field test before
Billy strong-armed Apple into suppressing it and leaving the BASIC market
to M$.
John Wilson
D Bit