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

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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!
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