| As this issue went to press in mid-October, Apple, IBM,
and Motorola were reported to be nearing an agreement on a
common PowerPC system platform that would redefine the
PReP standard. The new reference platform would resolve
the technical differences between Apple's Power Macs and
the PReP-compliant systems that IBM and other vendors plan
to introduce. It was also reported that IBM may be among
the initial group of vendors that will license the Mac OS
and manufacture PowerPC-based Mac clones. Other companies
named as possible licensees were Fujitsu, Motorola,
Olivetti, and Toshiba. However, BYTE was unable to confirm
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