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From: IJLUSTIG@pucc.Princeton.EDU (Irvin Lustig)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Apple suing Microsoft - what about Excel?
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Date: 22 Mar 88 15:23:30 GMT
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An interesting aspect of the "look and feel" argument relates to
Microsoft Excel.  I have used Excel on the Mac for a few years
and was instantly able to use the PC version on a friend's PS/2.
The interesting part of the PC implementation is that it contains
a Mac-like user interface as a frame for the interface to Excel.
So the question that gets asked is where does the Macintosh user
interface end and the Excel user interface begin?  Can Apple sue
Microsoft for "look and feel" similarities in a case like this?
(I don't think Apple would because Excel on the Mac sells too
many Macintoshes!)
 
Comments, anyone?
     -Irv Lustig
      Asst. Professor
      Dept. of Civil Engineering and Operations Research
      Princeton University
      Email:  irv%basie@princeton.edu