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From: ram%shukra@Sun.COM (Renu Raman, Taco Bell Microsystems)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Apple Sues Microsoft/HP Discussion
Message-ID: <47187@sun.uucp>
Date: 27 Mar 88 09:53:59 GMT
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In article <8803251409.AA17752@mitre-bedford.ARPA> kf@MITRE-BEDFORD.ARPA writes:
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>First, whether right or wrong, we could tell this was coming: it's Apple
>corporate policy.  Jean-Louis Gassee's speech at MacWorld Expo in January on
>protecting and controlling the use of proprietary "technology" and not
>licensing the "crown jewels" just confirmed the corporate policy, which was
>first displayed by Apple's previous actions against DRI and Microsoft.

    Just a comment associated with that.  Apple would like to 
    get a fix on "what is copyrightable" and send a message to 
    all PC manufacturers to stay off the Mac interface.  If not,
    it will be no time before a clone from Taiwan/Japan with Mac look
    alike Windows will be at your doorstep thereby eroding into
    apple's market share in that segment.  This is particulary
    true when the above statement by Gasse, has been very widely
    beleived to be an indirect reference to Sun Licensing its
    RISC processor technology - esp. to offshore companies.

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