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Subject: Re: A2R&D vs. Apple
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Date: 16 Apr 91 17:58:51 GMT
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In article <1991Apr16.172151.6398@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> dat33228@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Derek A. Taubert) writes:
>>
>>(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.

There are some places where a GUI is exaclty the WRONG thing.  But I won't get 
into interface wars.  It's a religious issue.  

>
>>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.

While this solution is certainly enticing, and VERY effective in the short term,
it's INNEFECTIVE in the long term.  Despite geneticists efforts, laywers 
continue to reproduce.  The best solution is probably to not buy Apple products
and not support Apple products and TELL APPLE IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS that you,
and many of similar mmind, will continue to ignore them until they stop it.  If
Apple suddenly started getting letters that they missed a million dollar sale
because of their legal policies, they might think..


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>+ Derek Taubert --> derek@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu + Author of : GScii+	      +
>+		    dat33228@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu  + and other neat stuff to come +
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>+ Access to computers - and anything which might teach you something about    +
>+ the way the world works - should be unlimited and total.  Always yield to   +
>+ the Hands-On Imperative!						      +