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From: dingebre@imp.sim.es.com (David Ingebretsen)
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Subject: Re: MAC System 7.0
Message-ID: <1991Jun5.202213.1822@javelin.sim.es.com>
Date: 5 Jun 91 20:22:13 GMT
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In article <1991Jun5.154510.19316@watson.ibm.com>, sck@watson.ibm.com (Scott C. Kennedy) writes:
> In article <1991Jun4.205151.1058@newserve.cc.binghamton.edu>, consp03@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu (Kriston J. Rehberg) writes:
> |> In article <1991Jun4.064325.11852@watson.ibm.com>, sck@watson.ibm.com
> |> (Scott C. Kennedy) writes:
> |> 
> |> |>	The liscence for System 7.0 FORBADES use on a non-Apple
> |> |>product, so, you cannot legally run it on any machine except an Apple.
> |> |>This is a cheap shot, and probably won't be enforced, but use of System
> |> |>7.0 on an emulator would be illegal.
> |> |>
> |> 
> |> I must say that the money you pay for the emulator should be permission
> |> enough to use the system software.  Apple won't get anywhere with this. 
> |> They're paranoid and sound like they are ashamed of their own products. 
> |> Remember, they can't emulate the Amiga or ST, and do a bullish job of
> |> emulating the PC.
> |> 
>  
> Kris,
>    Buying an emulator of a product does not give your any rights to the original
> product. If you own a clone of Lotus 1-2-3, then you should have permission
> to use Lotus. (I don't think so.) And yes, Apple is paranoid about their products.
> That is one of the reason we don't  see Macintosh clones. When Nutek releases
> their ROMs for the Macintosh, we should have a fun price-war for Macintoshes.
> And we can watch Apple's profit share plummet .
> -- 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Scott C. Kennedy (sck@watson.ibm.com)  | This post does not reflect the intent 
> Distributed High Performance Computing | or actions of my employer, and their 
> IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Facility | actions don't reflect mine either.:)
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> "And there's no more toliet paper - It's gone just like the trees.
>  Do you like the taste of honey - Isn't it best without the bees?
>  Be careful what you're doing - you're messing up my life,
>  And if the world's a cake - then you cut too big a slice!" -P.I.L.

It's more like if I have a clone of Lotus 1-2-3, then I should be able to buy
and use Lotus macro packages and transfer data files.