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From: mal6315@isc.rit.edu (M.A. Lecher )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: A sad day...
Message-ID: <1991Mar9.150523.8719@isc.rit.edu>
Date: 9 Mar 91 15:05:23 GMT
References: <46878@nigel.ee.udel.edu>
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology
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In article <46878@nigel.ee.udel.edu> johnston@oscar.ccm.udel.edu (Bill Johnston) writes:
>In article <13151@helios.TAMU.EDU>, mcl9337@aim1.tamu.edu 
>(MARK CHRISTOPHER LOWE) writes...
>
>I can't understand why Microsoft expects to use Apple-developed ideas
>without paying for them.  When I want to use DOS on a Mac, the cost
>of the SoftPC emulator includes LICENSE fees for Microsoft.

  Come one! There's a small difference here.. DOS is an OS... Windows are
  a CONCEPT. So DOS is like building a new invention. That should be 
  protected.. But if we begin suing for CONCEPTS, where do we go? And
  if APPLE is doing so well, why did it need to even BOTHER with a
  lawsuit?

>If you are looking for a villain in this situation, look carefully at
>Microsoft.  On the strength of a positively TRIVIAL OS -- MS-DOS, 
>they've extorted tribute from most of the PC-using world.  

  Could you please explain your criteria for a TRIVIAL OS? MS-DOS started
  out as a trivial OS, yes, but was developed over the years.. If we want to
  look at a TRIVIAL OS, uh let us take a look at the first APPLE OS (or lack
  of same). I think MS-DOS should sue APPLE for developing a better OS when
  they first developed the MAC...

>Why should Apple give it away?  I gladly paid a premium to use a 
>machine with a well-designed operating system.  Why should my
>dollars support Windows?  

  Maybe so that everybody can have this (as I'm sure you argree) 
  EXCELLENT interface?? By APPLE suing overt this, perhaps MS-DOS will
  simply drop it. Your dollars are therefore dooming half of the computer
  world to what is an inferior user interface.

>
>Why the hell haven't PC-users gotten together and demanded more
>DOS from Microsoft for your money?  After you've invested blood,
>sweat and tears in all the add-in boards and "hidden costs"
>required to make a PC work like a Mac, why are you complaining
>to Apple instead of IBM?

  Maybe they like what they have?
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