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From: aptr@ur-tut (The Wumpus)
Newsgroups: misc.legal,comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.apple,comp.sys.atari.st,comp.sys.hp,comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Apple Challenges HP New Wave, MS-Windows, Potentially OS/2 PM
Message-ID: <1457@ur-tut.UUCP>
Date: 21 Mar 88 17:02:50 GMT
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Reply-To: aptr@tut.cc.rochester.edu.UUCP (The Wumpus)
Organization: Univ. of Rochester Computing Center
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Keywords: Apple Mac HP Microsoft Windows OS/2 New Wave Frivolous Litigation

Apple is either getting cockey or just plain stupid.  Do they really
think they can take on both HP and Microsoft?  After all, the
technology they are talking about was developed by Xerox in the
seventies.  (I actually had a chance to play with one of the Xerox
systems in 1982 when they wer about to be replaced.)

The person responsible for developing the Mac enviorment came from
Xerox PARC.  Apple decided (or rather Jobbs decided) to hire him
because they had tried to write a system on their own and had really
botched it.  My father was at PARC (Palo Alto Research Center) the day
Jobbs hired the guy (I can not think of his name).  Jobbs came in in
the morning and in the afternoon, the guy walked out with Jobbs, never
to work for Xerox again.  Apparently, Jobbs made an offer the guy
couldn't refuse.

Any one want to see Xerox sue the pants off of Apple?

One other point should be made. When Apple sued Digital Research, Inc
over GEM, most of the board of DRI was on the board at Apple.  No
wonder DRI settled out of court.  I really doubt if HP or Microsoft
would settle out of court.
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