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

[eric at canales.me]

Hmm, sounds good! Who's ready to start development on OS-9 X and iOS-9 for phones?

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From: Coco <coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com> On Behalf Of cantpitch via Coco
Sent: Friday, August 12, 2022 4:09 PM
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Cc: cantpitch <cantpitch at protonmail.com>; Arthur Flexser <flexser at fiu.edu>
Subject: Re: [Coco] OS-9: Here we go again (see also: Coco and CoCofest)

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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