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From: dwells@Apple.COM (Dave Wells)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: The Great Apple Robbery:  a Reichstag's fire theory
Message-ID: <32462@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 16 Jun 89 00:42:54 GMT
References: <11011@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> <1570001@hp-ptp.HP.COM>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <1570001@hp-ptp.HP.COM> steve@hp-ptp.HP.COM (Steve_Witten) writes:
>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...

This is totally amazing!  Some creative speculation has turned into a judge
and jury wheeling out the electric chair.  Do you realize how wild it appears
for someone so far-removed from the situation to be concluding what actually
happened, and then going so far as to suggest charges?!?  Wow.
 
>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
>Industrial Applications Center  {ucbvax, hplabs}!hpda!hp-ptp!steve
>Hewlett-Packard Co.             steve@hp-ptp
>
>"...I'm no fool! Nosirree!..." -- J. Cricket

My jaw's still sore from dropping so fast!
-Dave

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