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

[Arthur Flexser]

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!
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