Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!ois.db.toronto.edu!jdd Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk From: jdd@db.toronto.edu (John DiMarco) Subject: Re: the fox guarding the chicken coop? Message-ID: <90Aug22.133022edt.2491@ois.db.toronto.edu> Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto References: Distribution: comp.org.eff.talk Date: 22 Aug 90 17:31:33 GMT Lines: 31 lwyse@retina.bu.edu (Wyse) writes: > > NEW FOUNDATION ESTABLISHED TO ENCOURAGE COMPUTER-BASED COMMUNICATIONS > > POLICIES > > > > Washington, D.C., July 10, 1990 -- Mitchell D. Kapor, founder of > > Lotus Development Corporation and ON Technology, today announced that > > he, along with colleague John Perry Barlow, has established a > > foundation to address social and legal issues arising from the impact > > on society of the increasingly pervasive use of computers as a means > > of communication and information distribution. >Wait a second. This all sounds well and good, but isn't Lotus corporation >the company that just one the "look and feel" lawsuit RESTRICTING others >from developing software using a defacto standard look and feel? >Kind of makes you say "Hmmmmmm"... > - lonce Mitch Kapor is no longer with Lotus, and has not been for some time. He is not associated in any way with their current "look and feel" suit. John -- John DiMarco jdd@db.toronto.edu or jdd@db.utoronto.ca University of Toronto, CSRI BITNET: jdd%db.toronto.edu@relay.cs.net (416) 978-8609 UUCP: uunet!utai!db!jdd