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From: gore@eecs.nwu.edu (Jacob Gore)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Boycott NeXT offerings that include a free copy of Lotus Improv
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Date: 21 Oct 90 16:09:18 GMT
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/ comp.sys.next / denison@sonia.math.ucla.edu (Alan Denison) / Oct 19, 1990 /
> I suggest that you let Lotus start anew with their applications on the NeXT.
> Maybe we can start boycotting programs on the NeXT when someone starts to
> claim that they were the first person to create a 3-D rotating pop-up    
> heirarchical menu and they are going to sue everyone else who adopted it.
> I don't see this happening, though.

1.  One doesn't boycott a product, one boycotts a company.

2.  The company may not even have a product for the NeXT.  For example,
Xerox and Apple are making claims that threaten NeXTstep (and any other
window system), even though NeXT is not a target for neither their lawsuits
nor their products at this time.

Jacob
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