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From: minich@a.cs.okstate.edu (MINICH ROBERT JOHN)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: My apologies... (re PhoneNet Patents)
Keywords: appletalk, patents, licensing, phonenet
Message-ID: <5484@okstate.UUCP>
Date: 22 Mar 90 11:46:10 GMT
Organization: Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater
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  Let me formally apologize for the overly heated flame I posted a while
back w.r.t. Farallon's receiving patents to PhoneNet technology.
Apparently, these ARE the same people who came up with the original
article I referred to. My humble apologies to those people, and thanx
to those who sent me mail to set me straight.
  I can't be all forgiving, though. I still think it would be A Good Thing 
if Farallon left PhoneNET style connectors as an open standard. Better
yet, I'd like to see Apple make the concept of network even more a part
of the Mac through standard hardware built into as many Macs as
possible. I think it would be worthwhile to have EtherNet built into the
system boards of least new Mac II class machines. IMHO, it's a better
idea than built in video, which limits you to a couple possibilities for
monitors (where you want the MOST seletion) whereas ethernet, if done
well, isn't such a personal choice for it's users. 


With my tail twixt my knees,
Robert Minich
minich@a.cs.okstate.edu