 Taligent was absorbed into IBM in 1998.Some CHRP machines shipped in 1997 and 1998 without widespread reception

Relations between Apple and Motorola further deteriorated in 1998 with the return of Steve Jobs to Apple and his contentious termination of Power Macintosh clone licensing.Reportedly, a heated telephone conversation between Jobs and Motorola CEO Christopher Galvin resulted in the long-favored Apple being demoted to "just another customer" mainly for PowerPC CPUs.