Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!mcdchg!ddsw1!zane From: zane@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Sameer Parekh) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Some observations Message-ID: <1990Nov25.215256.13506@ddsw1.MCS.COM> Date: 25 Nov 90 21:52:56 GMT References: <9010310002.AA02158@apple.com> Reply-To: zane@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Sameer Parekh) Organization: ddsw1.MCS.COM Contributor, Wheeling, IL Lines: 24 In article <9010310002.AA02158@apple.com> MQUINN%UTCVM@PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU writes: >0 > @UCSD.EDU> > >On Mon, 29 Oct 90 20:33:34 GMT Desdinova said: >> They did WHAT? Gave up? They COULDN'T have been trying very hard. >>A //gs clone would be bloody simple to make, if they improved the design >>while they were at it. I imagine it's more like, "we don't want to spend >>the resources when we can make 386 boxes". > >A couple of my friends that were at Applefest (I forgot which one) said they >saw a WORKING LaserGS prototype. I have no idea why they aren't marketing it >though. > Ever heard of copyright and/or patent laws? I don't even think BUILDING a clone was legal, let alone marketing it! (Desigining would be legal I think) -- zane@ddsw1.MCS.COM