Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!emory!hubcap!ncrcae!oiscola!dbarnhar From: dbarnhar@oiscola.Columbia.NCR.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: Apple/Microsoft Lawsuit Keywords: Apple Microsoft Windows GUI Look-and-Feel Lawsuit Message-ID: <322@oiscola.Columbia.NCR.COM> Date: 13 Dec 90 18:39:11 GMT References: <763@npdiss1.StPaul.NCR.COM> <1990Dec9.073046.23818@world.std.com> Reply-To: dbarnhar@oiscola.UUCP (David C. Barnhart II) Distribution: na Organization: NCR/OISD Columbia Lines: 66 In article <1990Dec9.073046.23818@world.std.com> boris@world.std.com (Boris Levitin) writes: >pasek@npdiss1.StPaul.NCR.COM (Michael A. Pasek) climbs the minaret and chants >this call for a jihad: > >>Just wondering what is happening with the Apple/Microsoft lawsuit regarding >>Windows 2.0 (and, presumably, Windows 3.0). I haven't heard a thing since >>hearing that the judge dismissed some of the points, but left others. >>Personally, I'd LOVE to see the faces of my PC-coworkers (who smugly say >>"See, now my PC is JUST like a Mac !) when their software becomes illegal! >>Of course, maybe Apple (and Microsoft, for that matter) would be better >>served by letting Windows deliver the coup de grace to OS/2 and Presentation >>Manager BEFORE letting the judge decide that Windows infringes on the Mac's >>Look-and-Feel. >>Sorry if this starts another flame-fest about the merits of the lawsuit. > >Well, if you don't want a flame-fest, why behave like a platform chauvinist? >The readers of this group dislike DOS just as much as you do, or they would >not be reading it, but why attempt by artificial means to prevent it from >getting better? Don't you think using DOS (even with a Windows 3.0 overlay >on a RAM-loaded 486) is punishment enough? Why do you wish to stop >progress? Come On! Part of that statement was obviously tongue-in-cheek, but you'd have to work in an IBM-or-compatible-only shop to understand. It gets very hard to justify a Mac (even with its obvious superiority in some applications) to your boss or co-workers when he says "Just buy Windows, and your PC will be just like a Mac." We all know that statement is untrue, but with widespread belief that it is gospel, those who count beans for a living will never take the time to understand the true situation. In fact, those of us who must work with PCs every day would love DOS to improve to the point where it's just as good as a Mac. Then, we wouldn't get Mac-Envy, and with the competition, Apple might be forced to lower prices to compete, hence satisfying the bean-counters. Bad for Apple, perhaps, but great for us users. However, in the meantime, the existence of a product such as Windows prevents those of us who would rather use a Mac from doing so, because now "A PC is just like a Mac." Ha! Even though Windows is an excellent product, it certainly is no replacement for a Mac. An to an extent, I agree with what Mike Pasek says. Although I don't really want Apple to win such a suit, it WOULD be GREAT to be able to smile at your boss as his Windows is removed from his machine, and say "Just like a Mac, huh?" A PC user (but Mac at home :-), Dave Barnhart NCR Cooperative Computing Systems Division 3245 Platt Springs Rd. West Columbia, SC 29169 email: uunet!ncrlnk!ncrcae!oiscola!dbarnhar -- Dave Barnhart NCR Cooperative Computing Systems Division 3245 Platt Springs Rd. West Columbia, SC 29169 email: uunet!ncrlnk!ncrcae!oiscola!dbarnhar