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From: steve@hp-ptp.HP.COM (Steve_Witten)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: The Great Apple Robbery:  a Reichstag's fire theory
Message-ID: <1570001@hp-ptp.HP.COM>
Date: 14 Jun 89 20:32:31 GMT
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I personally think you've hit the nail on the head here.  The "nuPrometheus
League" reminds me of the Symbionese Liberation Army -- a group with no past,
ill-defined objectives, and now no future.  If they are Apple employees,
they must have been well-indoctrinated on Gassee's "family jewel" view of the
Macintosh ROM code. I can't imagine anybody in their right mind doing
this for the reasons that the nuPrometheus League has stated that they're doing
it. Given Apple's well-known penchant for being litigation-happy over trying
to protect ANYTHING that remotely resembles some vague part of "Apple intel-
lectual property" or trademarks,  I agree with you -- this is a giant publicity
stunt.

If this is ever proven, I hope Apple gets fried in court for restraint of
trade...

These are my opinions only and not the opinions of the Hewlett-Packard Company
or its management.

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Steve Witten                    steve%hp-ptp@hplabs.HP.COM
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Hewlett-Packard Co.             steve@hp-ptp

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