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From: dhesi@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Rahul Dhesi)
Newsgroups: gnu.gcc
Subject: Re: A strange sort of fanaticism.
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Date: 20 Jun 89 00:10:31 GMT
References: <8906190141.AA00386@sugar-bombs.ai.mit.edu> <2406@internal.Apple.COM>
Reply-To: dhesi@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Rahul Dhesi)
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In article <2406@internal.Apple.COM> MAC.ROMOS@applelink.apple.com (Ian Hendry)
writes:
   ...but one feature of fanatics is their absolute certainty that they
   are correct....He was probably talking about your attitude and
   certainty -- "I know you're wrong".  This is, it seems to me you
   might be wrong, and you do come across to me as a person who is sure
   he is right.

The obsession with "right" versus "wrong" here is inappropriate.  I
don't think there is any dispute about the facts.  Apple *is* trying to
gain a monopoly on icon-based user interfaces--that is hardly a matter
of debate.  Nor is there any serious doubt about whether Apple invented
icon-driven user interfaces.  Even Apple doesn't claim that it did
(though some of its employees seem to believe it did).

The question is really one of philosophy:  Should Apple be given the
backing of the legal system so that it may use the threat of prison to
eliminate the competition.
-- 
Rahul Dhesi <dhesi@bsu-cs.bsu.edu>
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