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From: rogue@well.UUCP (L. Brett Glass)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple,comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.windows.misc
Subject: Re: BOYCOTT APPLE
Message-ID: <5530@well.UUCP>
Date: 25 Mar 88 21:17:42 GMT
References: <292@unicom.UUCP> <663@csm9a.UUCP> <2693@calmasd.GE.COM>
Reply-To: rogue@well.UUCP (L. Brett Glass)
Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link, Sausalito, CA
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Keywords: Microsoft, HP New Wave, Xerox, Lawsuit

In article <2693@calmasd.GE.COM> dko@calmasd.UUCP (Dan O'Neill) writes:
>In article <663@csm9a.UUCP> japplega@csm9a.UUCP (Joe Applegate) writes:
>
>>Years ago [Apple computers] forced DRI to destroy GEM, which was my
>>favorite operating environment for the PC, using the same logic of
>>"it's ours cause we stole it first!".
>
>This was news to me. As I recall Apple did not win their suit against
>Digital Research (DRI) the creators of GEM.  So... I gave Egghead
>Software (the new Bill Gates clearing house) a call.  GEM Desktop is
>available for $39.95.  Egghead also claims to carry the entire line of
>GEM products.
>-- 
>Dan O'Neill			dko@calmasd.GE.COM
>GE Calma R&D			...!sdcsvax!calmasd!dko

There never WAS a suit when Apple attacked DRI. DRI was in deep financial
trouble and seeking investors. It was not likely to get those investors
if there was pending litigation. DRI was forced to settle out of court.

This was not the only predatory move made by Apple in its quest to
protect what it "stole first." The agreement between Microsoft and
Apple was executed the quarter before Microsoft went public, almost
certainly after the legal and financial papers had been prepared.
It is quite likely that Gates >had< to sign to avoid financial
disaster.

Don't underestimate John Sculley. In order to rise to the top of a
mature company such as Pepsi, one must almost certainly use unethical
tactics. The same kind of tactics one might use to, say, depose Steve
Jobs, bully DRI, or blackmail Microsoft.

<rogue>