Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!uwmcsd1!ig!agate!ucbvax!EGLIN-VAX.ARPA!forde From: forde@EGLIN-VAX.ARPA ("MAJ ERIC S. FORD") Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re:Boycott Apple Message-ID: <8803221558.aa23564@SMOKE.BRL.ARPA> Date: 22 Mar 88 20:56:00 GMT Sender: usenet@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: "MAJ ERIC S. FORD" Organization: The Internet Lines: 28 Whatever happened to imitation being the sincerest form of flattery? If IBM, MicroSOFT, et al., are copying the look and feel of the MAC interface, you'd think Apple could get more mileage out of the advertising ammunition than they will ever out of a court case. In the latter, the only ones making money out of it will be the (ptui!) lawyers. Macintosh, according to Apple's literature, boasts a better processor, superior packaging (at least in the area of desktop publishing) when paired with the Laser printer, and substantially more software already on the shelves. Any newcomer adopting the same OS would be easy prey for creative advertisers who could milk that imitation and tout the fact that while their imitators are developing this 'superior' OS, Macintosh has it now. But it seems the good folks at Apple are creatures of habit rather than thought. Not too long ago I was told that Apple Computer has had only two successes in the history of the company: the Apple II (or //) and the lawsuit against Franklin. Now that the Mac is beginning to make a move in the business world it would seem Apple again feels the need to couple commercial success with litigation. I'm a dyed in the wool Apple // user so what happens in the Mac world is a curiosity at best to me. However, I must admit that the Mac ads on TV lately are excellent. Apple Computer, if you're listening, put your money in the ads - they make sales; not in the lawyers' pockets - they merely make waves. All the above opinions are totally mine and I won't share them with anyone. ------