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From: grund@pyrite.som.cwru.edu (Victor Grund)
Subject: Re: GNU emacs RS6000
In-Reply-To: nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson)
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Date: Sat, 18 Aug 90 03:20:57 GMT
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In article <NELSON.90Aug16224848@image.clarkson.edu>, nelson@sun (Russ Nelson) writes:
>   I have just recently received an IBM RS6000 and am feeling a bit lost 
>   without emacs.
>
>Please tell this to IBM.  They were, at one time, distributing GNU Emacs
>with the RS6000, but ceased to do so for some trifling legal reason.
>As we all know, legal reasons can be affected by economic reasons.
>Threaten not to buy any more unless they come with GNU Emacs.

As I understand it, we were threatened with a lawsuit by another company.
I'm not sure who did the threatening, so I will not risk flames by 
guessing.

IBM's reason for dropping Gnu EMACS *was* economic, through threat of
legal action.

Or that's what we hear in Cleveland, anyways.

Victor Grund
IBM Cleveland