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From: fozzy@bhpese.oz.au (Andrew Steele)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: NEW FOUNDATION ESTABLISHED TO ENCOURAGE COMPUTER-BASED COMMUNICATIONS POLICIES
Message-ID: <1990Jul13.055437.17766@bhpese.oz.au>
Date: 13 Jul 90 05:54:37 GMT
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major@pta.oz.au (Major) writes:

>geoff@fernwood.mpk.ca.us (Geoff Goodfellow) writes:

>>[Mitch Kapor asked me to post the following]
>>NEW FOUNDATION ESTABLISHED TO ENCOURAGE COMPUTER-BASED COMMUNICATIONS
>>POLICIES

>If Mitch is so concerned to protect freedom of 'communication in
>the electronic age' poerhaps he could start by pressing on his
>company (Lotus) to stop sueing enveryone who thinks that 'P' is
>a good command for 'Print you spreadsheet'.

>The man's hypocracy is astounding!

Whilst I couldn't agree more with what Mitch is trying to achieve, I think
that this is also a valid comment.

	 WHEN ARE SOFTWARE COMPANIES GOING TO STOP WITH THIS STUPID
	 LOOK AND FEEL RUBBISH? !!!!!!!

Aside:
I still can't see a flaw in the argument of the car analogy. That is, if
this applied to cars then no-one would have the pedals in the same place
etc.  However, dispite the fact that all cars have pedals in the same place
there are still plenty of people willing to buy all the different types of
cars available.  Put simply, let the market place rather than the court
room decide which is the better product.

I feel better now. :-)

fozzy

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Newcastle, NSW, Australia.      | Religion has been sitting there all along."
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