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From: jokim@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (John H. Kim)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: A sad day...
Message-ID: <11132@jarthur.Claremont.EDU>
Date: 9 Mar 91 07:12:57 GMT
References: <46878@nigel.ee.udel.edu> <1991Mar8.224947.9610@digi.lonestar.org> <1991Mar9.053927.20136@kessner.denver.co.us>
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>In article <1991Mar8.224947.9610@digi.lonestar.org> jgay@digi.lonestar.org (john gay) writes:
>>From article <46878@nigel.ee.udel.edu>, by johnston@oscar.ccm.udel.edu (Bill Johnston):
>>> that was rolled into the cost of every Mac.  It can be argued (weakly) 
>>> that Mac OS was based on the Xerox Star interface (Apple PAID to use it),
>>                                                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>Then why has Xerox sued apple for the derivitive use of their (Xerox's)
>>interface?

... and so on and so on ...

OK.  So what can WE do to tell all these lawyers to go to h*ll with
their lawsuits?  Consumer purchasing power is out because most people
buy computers based on what the computer offers, not what the company
is litigating over.  Have the lawyers protected themselves with so
much legal red tape that we're helpless, or is there something we can
do to have our opinions heard?