IBM Corp’s James Cannavino says the company is in active talks with Apple Computer Inc over the possibility of building a personal computer that would run Macintosh System, the San Jose Mercury reports, adding that he stopped short of promising that that IBM would actually create and sell a Macintosh clone: Cannavino, who was speaking in Scottsdale, Arizona at the Agenda ’95 event, said what we all know, that We could see Macintosh capabilities in our systems down the road, and we welcome it; when pressed by an audience member to indicate if IBM would make a clone, Cannavino said, Yeah, we’re working on it, but in a briefing an hour later with reporters, Cannavino softened his remarks, indicating that IBM considers it important to have a lot of technology in its Workplace evironment and that Macintosh might be one such technology – We’re still talking with Apple, and I’m encouraged, he said.
