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From: terryl@sail.LABS.TEK.COM
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Subject: Re: NEW FOUNDATION ESTABLISHED TO ENCOURAGE COMPUTER-BASED COMMUNICATIONS POLICIES
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Date: 13 Jul 90 18:25:04 GMT
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In article <12293@asylum.SF.CA.US> sharon@asylum.UUCP (Sharon Fisher) writes:
+In article <1421@pta.oz.au> 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!
+
+First of all, Mitch Kapor hasn't worked for Lotus in several years.
+Second, he has testified before Congress about how companies should
+not use lawsuits to keep their positions in the marketplace.  I have a
+200-line eloquent statement from him on the subject.  Believe me, he
+doesn't like Lotus' actions any more than you do.

     Then the question that goes begging is this: did he always believe this,
or is this just a recent "face-change"? If he always did believe this, then did
he try to change the way Lotus used lawsuits to "keep its position in the mar-
ketplace", and is this possibly why he is no longer associated with Lotus???

     No smileys here; these are legitimate questions, and since I have absolute-
ly no desire to use a Pee-Cee, I have no idea what was/is happening in the mar-
ketplace.....