Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!bionet!turbo.bio.net!lear From: lear@turbo.bio.net (Eliot) Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: Apple's FCC request Message-ID: Date: 18 Apr 91 17:19:39 GMT References: <41134@cup.portal.com> <1991Apr13.031151.18659@vpnet.chi.il.us> <1991Apr15.023121.24595@alphalpha.com> <1991Apr16.234220.23155@vpnet.chi.il.us> Organization: GenBank Computing Resource for Mol. Biology Lines: 12 louisg@vpnet.chi.il.us (Louis Giliberto) writes: >The fact is that sometimes profits need to be protected in order to keep the >business running, but when it slows down innovation it is not only wrong, >but against the law. Read your constitution. Calling someone ignorant because they disagree with you is uncalled for. The REAL question is this: is what Apple is doing REALLY stifling innovation? It is debatable, at best (I believe Apple is a little far over, but not as much as you might think!). -- Eliot Lear [lear@turbo.bio.net]