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From: mroussel@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (Marc Roussel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Boycott Lotus?
Keywords: pc
Message-ID: <1990Oct25.164317.27237@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca>
Date: 25 Oct 90 16:43:17 GMT
References: <2735@naucse.cse.nau.edu> <1990Oct23.233556.6104@agate.berkeley.edu>
Organization: Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto
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In article <2735@naucse.cse.nau.edu> wew@naucse.cse.nau.edu
(Bill Wilson) writes:
>Is it time to boycott Lotus now that they have won the case
>against Paperback Software?  How do you all feel about using
>litigation instead of supplying a better product for a 
>reasonable price?

In article <1990Oct23.233556.6104@agate.berkeley.edu> cotner@maypo.berkeley.edu writes:
>I was wondering the same thing after reading an article about
>the lawsuit today.  I know I would never buy a Lotus product now.

I find these comments fascinating.  The implication seems to be that it
wouldn't have mattered if Lotus had lost, but that they are bad guys
because they won.  Look, either it was wrong to take the matter to court
in which case you should have called for a boycott when Lotus first
sued, or there's nothing wrong at all in which case you should simply
treat Lotus' victory as the outcome of a fair fight in a court of law.
You can't have it both ways.

				Marc R. Roussel
                                mroussel@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca