> Why is AppleSoft BASIC called
"AppleSoft" BASIC?
> ^^^^
> Does this have something to do with the fact that Microsoft designed it?
> I can't think offhand of any other Apple software product that fell
> under the designation of "AppleSoft".
"AppleSoft"" was Apple's software
division.
Not until *many* years later. In 1977 it was only the name of the BASIC
interpreter (as distinct from "Integer BASIC").