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From: fozzard@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Richard Fozzard)
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Subject: Re: A strange sort of fanaticism.
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Date: 24 Jun 89 03:20:25 GMT
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In article <7824@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> dhesi@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Rahul Dhesi) writes:
>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....
>
>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.  
>
Seems this response simply proved the point of the original posting: this
guy is absolutely certain he's correct. And yet, he didn't bother to check
his facts.

Apple is not claiming that NeWS or X or a host of other "icon-based user-
interfaces" are a violation of their copyrights. THEY dont look like the
Macintosh, while NewWave and Windows 2.03 do. This is what the lawsuit
is about.

Just because this "fanatic" has overstated the case doesn't make Apple
right, though. :-) That is another question.



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