Xref: utzoo gnu.misc.discuss:3450 comp.unix.sysv386:9280 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!mcsun!ukc!vision!ukpoit!alan From: alan@ukpoit.co.uk (Alan Barclay) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss,comp.unix.sysv386 Subject: Re: Santa Cruz Operation settles Lotus lawsuit Message-ID: <1991Jun24.102430.9536@ukpoit.co.uk> Date: 24 Jun 91 10:24:30 GMT References: <1991Jun21.143836.16559@ukpoit.co.uk> <1991Jun22.223038.4257@weyrich.UUCP> Organization: iT - The Information Technology Business Of The Post Office Lines: 28 In article <1991Jun22.223038.4257@weyrich.UUCP> orville@weyrich.UUCP (Orville R. Weyrich) writes: >In article <1991Jun21.143836.16559@ukpoit.co.uk> alan@ukpoit.co.uk (Alan Barclay) writes: >>In article fischer@iesd.auc.dk (Lars P. Fischer) writes: >>> >>[ON SCO dropping their spreadsheet] >>> >>>It is also very unfortunate. Given that SCO is (partly) owned by >>>MicroSoft, they would potentially have some real muscle behind them if >>>they choose to counter the claim. >>> >> >>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. > >I would love to see MS try that -- MS-DOS itself started out as a clone of >DR's popular [at the time] CP/M operating system. But of course, DR can't >complain too loudly itself, as CP/M is very reminiscent of DEC's RSX >(and perhaps other earlier DEC operating systems). > Just as 123 is a clone of visicalc....... -- Alan Barclay iT | E-mail : alan@ukpoit.uucp Barker Lane | BANG-STYLE : .....!ukc!ukpoit!alan CHESTERFIELD S40 1DY | VOICE : +44 246 214241