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From: glang@Autodesk.COM (Gary Lang)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: lawsuit flame (Was: NeXTStep 2.0 Completed)
Message-ID: <1026@autodesk.COM>
Date: 2 Dec 90 23:53:02 GMT
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In-reply-to: gumby@Cygnus.COM's message of 2 Dec 90 05:34:49 GMT

>This is an irresponsible attitude, especially in the Valley.  Were
>Ashton-Tate producing Napalm(tm), would a Quaker work there?

Perhaps, but we're talking about a business maneuver here, not production
of weapons. The scale somewhat skews the comparison towards absurdity
in my opinion.

If some part of A-T can have the good sense to hire people to develop great
software for the cube, who cares if another part of it wants to spend
time and money in other ways.

BTW, I was a defendant in a lawsuit by A-T once, and I fully understand
why they did it and harbor no malice whatsoever about it. I'm not even
convinces that they have no case in the FoxBase suit either.

Check out PowerStep, it's really a great program. They manipulate
3-D images in a fashion more intuitive than most CAD packages out there.

- g