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From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: TrueType problem with Word 4
Message-ID: <1991Apr9.041738.5550@eng.umd.edu>
Date: 9 Apr 91 04:17:38 GMT
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In article <1991Apr8.131701.14300@cbnewsc.att.com> straka@cbnewsc.att.com (richard.j.straka) writes:
>
>My memory may be hazy here, but didn't some of the TrueType technology that
>Apple is putting forward here come FROM MicroSoft?  If so, it's not a good
>commentary for MicroSoft.

No. Apple licensed TrueType (Royal, at the time) to Microsoft, in return for
a PostScript Clone MS bought off someone else (but seems to have vanished,
leaving Apple holding the smelly end of the stick again.  When are they going
to learn not to give anything of value to MicroSoft?)
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Matthew T. Russotto	russotto@eng.umd.edu	russotto@wam.umd.edu
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