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From: tomr@ashtate (Tom Rombouts)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: NEW FOUNDATION ESTABLISHED TO ENCOURAGE COMPUTER-BASED COMMUNICATIONS POLICIES
Message-ID: <1039@ashton.UUCP>
Date: 13 Jul 90 00:15:07 GMT
References: <5122@fernwood.mpk.ca.us> <1421@pta.oz.au> <4564.269c34e1@vax5.cit.cornell.edu>
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In article <4564.269c34e1@vax5.cit.cornell.edu> pv9y@vax5.cit.cornell.edu writes:
>In article <1421@pta.oz.au>, major@pta.oz.au (Major) writes:
>> geoff@fernwood.mpk.ca.us (Geoff Goodfellow) writes:
>> 
>> 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'.
>> 
>To be fair, I don't think that Mitch Kapor has much, if any say, in
>the running of Lotus Corp. these days, he may still own some stock but
>I don't think he's in charge. Admittedly, he should make Lotus first
>on the lawsuit list, but hey ....

Yes, good point.  Don't confuse Jim Manzi with Mitch Kapor.

Mitch is the one with a technical background.   :-)


Tom Rombouts  Torrance Techie   Voice: (213) 538-7108

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