Apple Recovery Is Under Way, Says Chairman

Apple will also include rival software made by Netscape Communications Inc. while it ships the Microsoft browser. Still, the move is a victory for Microsoft. Its growing willingness to work with Apple comes after years of fierce competition which has been a major source of Apple's woes. Since h...

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Published inThe Wall Street journal. Eastern edition
Main Author Wall Street Journal Staff Reporters Don Clark and Lee Gomes in San Francisco, And Steve Stecklow in Boston
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, N.Y Dow Jones & Company Inc 08.01.1997
EditionEastern edition
Subjects
Alliances
Education
Employment
Software industry
Windows operating system
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Summary:Apple will also include rival software made by Netscape Communications Inc. while it ships the Microsoft browser. Still, the move is a victory for Microsoft. Its growing willingness to work with Apple comes after years of fierce competition which has been a major source of Apple's woes. Since his arrival at Apple last February, Mr. [Gilbert Amelio] has moved to smooth relations between the two companies. In his long-awaited address at the Macworld trade show here, Mr. Amelio promised that Apple's $400 million acquisition of Next Software Inc., headed by Apple cofounder Steve Jobs, will provide the technological base for a "breakthrough" new operating system. Apple still is on the road to recovery, he said, despite the announcement last week of an unexpected quarterly loss of more than $100 million. Mr. Jobs, in his own speech, said Apple would have to labor to catch up with Microsoft's Windows NT, Apple's main operating-system competition. "That won't be easy," Mr. Jobs said.
ISSN:0099-9660