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From: gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: misc.legal,comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Apple Challenges HP New Wave, MS-Windows, Potentially OS/2 PM
Message-ID: <7574@brl-smoke.ARPA>
Date: 28 Mar 88 14:10:30 GMT
References: <5480@well.UUCP> <5492@well.UUCP> <535@nunki.usc.edu> <1302@uop.edu> <1804@ssc-vax.UUCP>
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Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <1804@ssc-vax.UUCP> benoni@ssc-vax.UUCP (Charles L Ditzel) writes:
>...the situation is reminescent of the recent lawsuit that DEC lost
>when they claimed that the SVID was proprietary.

Practically every large competitive government procurement is challenged
these days, to the detriment of the government's ability to function
effectively (since needed equi[ment and services are thereby delayed).
I think the only similarity is that companies find it easier to compete
in the courtroom than in the marketplace.