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Ooh, It's All So SORDID (9/24/97)
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Speaking of lawsuits, Apple's filed one of its own-- against a former employee. So reports the San Jose Mercury, who tells us that Gary Edwards, former head of Apple Imaging, is accused of accepting more than $1 million in bribes from printer component supplier James E. Grimes Co., in return for throwing said supplier $168 million in business.

However, the Grimes Co. claims that the lawsuit has nothing to do with kickbacks, but that it's just Apple's next move in an ongoing "business dispute" between the two companies. Grimes says Apple "improperly seized $3 million worth of inventory" from one of Grimes' Sacramento warehouses.

Sounds like both companies are overtired and ready for a "time-out." What's next? We're guessing either sugar in the gas tank, or a burning sack of doggie doo on the front porch.

 
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The above scene was taken from the 9/24/97 episode:

September 24, 1997: (Sorry—this was before we started writing intro text for each episode!)

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  • 17: Apple Sued By "Ex" (9/24/97)   We know it's kind of old news, now, but we think it's worth mentioning the lawsuit that Exponential filed against Apple Computer. The Ex-PowerPC contender used to be pretty friendly with Apple. Intimate, even, in a sugar-daddy sort of way; as Exponential's biggest shareholder, Apple kept them bankrolled while they slaved away on the Next Big Thing in PowerPC-compatible chips, the BiCMOS-based x704, which Apple wanted to feature in high-end Wintel-killing systems. What happened?...

  • 19: "Hey, He Shot Bob!" (9/24/97)   Hey, the new Bob LeVitus site is up and running. We've long been a fan of Bob's columns and books, because he manages to be informative while still being really, really fun to read. Go check it out, if for no other reason than to support another cool Mac-made site. We'd publicly like to state our sincere hope that the "Help Folder" column from MacUser survives the MacWorld/MacUser merger...

  • 20: New Media in Action (9/24/97)   Faithful viewer Larry Auerbach asks, "Is it true that Steve Jobs used to play Barnabas Collins on "Dark Shadows"? I'm not sure, Larry. Gimme a sec here to confirm this via the AtAT staff...

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