▁earlier , ▁ 6 8 0 0 0 - based ▁systems . ▁ ▁A GE ▁Log ic ▁was ▁later ▁acquired ▁by ▁a ▁Sil icon ▁Valley ▁company ▁named ▁Net Man age ▁in ▁the ▁mid - 1 9 9 0 s . ▁Net Man age ▁was ▁head qu arter ed ▁directly ▁across ▁the ▁street ▁from ▁Apple ▁in ▁Cu pert ino , ▁California . ▁X o ft W are ▁for ▁Mac int osh ▁was ▁merged ▁into ▁Net Man age ' s ▁product ▁offering ▁for ▁the ▁Mac int osh , ▁which ▁included ▁a ▁wide ▁variety ▁of ▁stand alone ▁Internet ▁desktop ▁applications ▁( e . g ., ▁tel net , ▁arch ie ▁search ▁engine , ▁g opher ▁protocol , ▁F TP ), ▁along ▁with ▁various ▁software ▁titles , ▁mainly ▁terminal ▁em ul ators ▁that ▁were ▁acquired ▁by ▁A GE ▁Log ic ▁when ▁it ▁purchased ▁Pac er ▁Software ▁earlier ▁in ▁the ▁de cade . ▁ ▁By ▁ 1 9 9 8 , ▁Apple ▁had ▁dis cont in ued ▁Mac X ▁as ▁it ▁transition ed ▁from ▁the ▁classic ▁Mac ▁OS ▁to ▁the ▁Unix - like ▁Mac ▁OS ▁X , ▁which ▁had ▁am ple ▁support ▁for ▁X 1 1 ▁( ear lier ▁versions ▁of ▁Mac ▁OS ▁X ▁did ▁not ▁directly ▁support ▁X 1 1 , ▁but ▁as ▁of ▁Mac ▁OS ▁X ▁v 1 0 . 3 , ▁X 1 1 . app ▁has ▁been ▁made ▁available ▁directly ▁from ▁Apple ). ▁Net Man age ▁dis band ed ▁its ▁Mac int osh ▁group ▁earlier , ▁around ▁ 1 9 9 6 , ▁and