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From: sb@pnet91.cts.com (Stephen Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: nintendo
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Date: 25 Apr 91 07:15:05 GMT
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toddpw@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel) writes:
>acmfiu@serss0.fiu.edu (ACMFIU) writes:

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>Albert, I serious feel like slapping you. The guy in question was hired
>as a contractor by Zip, and he was working with Zip's PATENTED caching
>technology. His decision to do the RocketChip and attempts to sell it
>to AE (wonder what happened to the Transwrap II, eh?) were in blatant
>violation of Zip's patent and the guy declared bankruptcy to escape having
>to pay damages to Zip. As of yet Zip has not been able to collect any real
>damages from the whole affair.
>
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>Todd Whitesel
>toddpw @ tybalt.caltech.edu
>
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Too bad the Rocketchip was a better product, both in terms of performance and
reliability. I have heard various things about the whole dirty affair. The
impression I was left with was that most of the "players" were small people
(in terms of their behaviour) and an alternate solution could have been
reached if all parties hadn't been so petty.

The Apple II community is the loser in this fight...   :(


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