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From: jpab+@andrew.cmu.edu (Josh N. Pritikin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Boycott 68040 upgrades that include Lotus Improv
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Date: 17 Oct 90 18:08:55 GMT
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Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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>In response to this threat, it is in our best interest to boycott
>Lotus, or those organizations that support Lotus.  In this case, I
>urge you to refuse to buy a 68040 upgrade board (N7003) for you 68030
>based cube until NeXT unbundles Lotus Improv.  Take a stand for
>compatible interfaces!

I hope your joking. This is quite a bit to ask, plus, Improv looks cool.
Surely we can find a better way to tell Lotus that we disapprove of its
copywrite policy...

( Josh-Pritikin jpab+@andrew.cmu.edu
( X11: the power of a Mac with the user friendliness of Unix.