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From: a577@mindlink.UUCP (Curt Sampson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Boycott 68040 upgrades that include Lotus Improv
Message-ID: <3582@mindlink.UUCP>
Date: 18 Oct 90 11:56:19 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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> dwallach@soda.Berkeley.EDU writes:
> 
> Here's a good idea.  Get Improv and clone it!  With the interface builder,
> that shouldn't be immensely painful.  Maybe you could steal the guts of
> Oleo (the GNU spreadsheet, I think) and perhaps even make a better one.
> 
> If you feel so strongly, don't protest Lotus, provoke Lotus.
> 
> If you release a similar or better product, especially for free, you could
> simply drive Lotus out of the NeXT business!

I've always thought that that would be a good way to "get back" at companies
like Lotus and Apple.  Just create a decent version of their product and put it
into the public domain.  Don't put your name on it, and they won't have anyone
to sue.  That would certainly be a frustrating experience for a company like
that.

cjs
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