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From: jerry@polygen.uucp (Jerry Shekhel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: The Amiga's Future
Keywords: Future, Amiga, etc.
Message-ID: <1126@stewart.UUCP>
Date: 9 Jun 91 17:28:39 GMT
References: <16577@darkstar.ucsc.edu| <22163@cbmvax.commodore.com| <18@ryptyde.UUCP| <230@touch.touch.com> <30@ryptyde.UUCP>
Reply-To: jerry@stewart.UUCP (Jerry Shekhel)
Organization: Polygen Corporation, Waltham, MA
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In article <30@ryptyde.UUCP> dant@ryptyde.UUCP (Daniel Tracy) writes:
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>[About MacOS and XEROX]
>The sum of their innovation? They copied the idea, not the OS. The core OS
>was made entirely by Apple, and, although it has some deficiencies, it is
>a very powerful OS.
>

Oh, they copied the idea, not the OS?!  Does that give them the right to
sic their lawyers at any company who does the same (Microsoft)?  The only
real Apple innovation is the idea to steal the ideas of others.  Do you
really feel they have a right to protect that innovation?
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