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From: mcl9337@aim1.tamu.edu (MARK CHRISTOPHER LOWE)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: A sad day...
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Date: 13 Mar 91 18:22:00 GMT
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In article <1991Mar9.150523.8719@isc.rit.edu> mal6315@isc.rit.edu (M.A. Lecher ) writes:
>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?

Okay, dammit, people... please be careful how you do your reposts.  I am the
guy who originally posted "A sad day..." bitching ABOUT Apple... not supporting
them.  Someone has associated MY name with the above "Apple-developed ideas"
blather which I did NOT post.  Please make sure you are cutting out the right
lines in the future and we will all be much happier!

Mark C. "Bro!" Lowe - KB5III
 
PS- I also originally contended that those who feel the need to sue are those
    who are falling behind in the market place.