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From: dat33228@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Derek A. Taubert)
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Subject: Re: A2R&D vs. Apple
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Date: 16 Apr 91 17:21:51 GMT
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In article <1991Apr16.123324.21596@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> dorner@pequod.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Dorner) writes:
>Small word time.
>
>Apple is suing Microsoft because MS Windows "looks" like Apple software.
>Some people think this is bad, because it might mean that any programmer
>with a GUI would have to send a royalty check to Apple.

I'm fully aware of that, thank you.

>
>(More fundamentally, it encourages meaningless differentiation of interfaces,
>making it more difficult for users to switch from platform to platform.)
>

So I suppose this means that people are finally admitting that the mac-based
point-and-click interface isn't so bad after all.  Seems to me that in the
past few years, software was making an attempt to stay away from this, and
now they're sorry because the mac went over so well.  My point is that the
meaningless differentation has always existed.

>The people who think Apple's suit is bad would like to HURT Apple.  Not buying
>Apple's products and not developing software for Apple products would
>be one way of doing that.

This would be one way of hurting the wrong department, yes.  I think a
hit-man planted in the slew of apple lawyers would do a better job.


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