Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!apple!hercules!fernwood!oracle!news From: pnakada@oracle.com (Paul Nakada) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Some observations Message-ID: Date: 2 Nov 90 16:17:31 GMT References: <2220@unsvax.NEVADA.EDU> <1990Oct29.203334.23768@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <14278@smoke.brl.mil> <2335@oucsace.cs.OHIOU.EDU> Sender: news@oracle.com Organization: Oracle Corporation, Belmont, CA Lines: 30 In article <2335@oucsace.cs.OHIOU.EDU> bchurch@oucsace.cs.OHIOU.EDU (Bob Church) writes: In article <14278@smoke.brl.mil> gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn) writes: >In article <1990Oct29.203334.23768@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> jb10320@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Desdinova) writes: >>A //gs clone would be bloody simple to make, ... > >Not without stealing the firmware ROM, it wouldn't. If you doubt that, >try coding up a substantial fraction of the toolbox yourself and you'll >see that it isn't at all "simple". Even if you were to start from scratch it would be pretty hard to write code that you couldn't be sued over. One, you'd have to prove that all of your code *is* original, and there's only so many ways of doing some things. Two, it might not even get to the point of win or lose. I have a feeling that Apple could outbid you lawsuit wise in no time at all. A blurb in the latest BYTE announces an "upgrade" to Mac+, SE, and 512KE owners.. It's basically a new Mac in a PC AT style case that uses the old Mac ROMs. Speeds comparable to IIci speeds are claimed. The Texas company is also rewriting color quickdraw in order to add color support to the "colorless" ROMs. We'll have to see how long it takes Apple to take action. -Paul -- Paul Nakada | Oracle Corporation | pnakada@oracle.com