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From: madler@piglet.caltech.edu (Mark Adler)
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Subject: Re: Boycott 68040 upgrades that include Lotus Improv
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Date: 17 Oct 90 17:35:37 GMT
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>> Take a stand for compatible interfaces!

Oh, great.  Now I'll feel guilty when I send in my Improv coupon from
my 040 upgrade.  My friends will see the Lotus logo on my dock and say
"Hmmm.  Supporting that dolphin-killing kind of software, are we?"

I guess boycotting the tuna worked, but I tend to think the problem with
the software is more in the laws and not in the publicly held companies.
Patent and copyright laws were not written with software in mind.  Maybe
we should write to our congressmen?  When was the last time you did that?

Mark Adler
madler@piglet.caltech.edu