You might find the story of MacBasic interesting: https://www.folklore.org/Story...

		robterrell on Sept 5, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Counterfeit Apple II computers (1985) [video] You might find the story of MacBasic interesting: https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&stor... Apple intended to ship the Mac with a programming language, a really nice threaded and graphical Basic, but Bill Gates put the squeeze on them.