Xref: utzoo gnu.misc.discuss:3433 comp.unix.sysv386:9216 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!romp!auschs!d75!exeter.austin.ibm.com!woan From: woan@exeter.austin.ibm.com (Ronald S Woan) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss,comp.unix.sysv386 Subject: Santa Cruz Operation settles Lotus lawsuit Summary: Doesn't help MS Message-ID: <4014@d75.UUCP> Date: 19 Jun 91 21:25:58 GMT References: <1991Jun19.041754.6367@kithrup.COM> <1991Jun21.143836.16559@ukpoit.co.uk> Sender: news@d75.UUCP Reply-To: woan@cactus.org Followup-To: gnu.misc.discuss Organization: Austin School of Hardknocks Lines: 20 In article <1991Jun21.143836.16559@ukpoit.co.uk> alan@ukpoit.co.uk (Alan Barclay) writes: >But it's in Microsoft's intrest for the claim to succeed. These look and >feel cases are good for the big boys and bad for the little guy. >Microsoft aren't going to set a precedent which is going to be bad for >when they decide to sue DR for DR-DOS, or whoever they want to go for. It is definitely not in their interest for Lotus to succeed because any precedent might apply to the Apple/MS lawsuit, and MS hasn't shown any tendency to sue people over look and feel. They'd have a hard time showing new invention with CPM and UNIX predating MSDOS, even were they have copyrighted the interface. I wish companies would just compete by bringing better products to market faster than their competitors rather than by trying to lock people to proprietary interfaces. -- +-----All Views Expressed Are My Own And Are Not Necessarily Shared By------+ +------------------------------My Employer----------------------------------+ + Ronald S. Woan woan@cactus.org or woan@austin.vnet.ibm.com + + other email addresses Prodigy: XTCR74A Compuserve: 73530,2537 +