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Re:Welcome to Apple: A one-party state by kick on Monday January 13, 2020 @02:20PM (#22037605)
> That all ended, and the clones as well, when Jobs came back.

That's not true.

I don't have the time to grab a timestamp right now, but he very explicitly states that he is pushing clones hard in this (and reps Amelio).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iACK-LNnzM

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Re:Welcome to Apple: A one-party state by cmurf on Monday January 13, 2020 @09:00PM (#22041108)
It's completely true. He came back, personally went to the licensees asking for what he thought was a reasonable deal. They said no five times over three weeks. And so he cut them loose. https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=maIgu_7oLm0
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