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From: dorner@uxg.cso.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: Credit where credit is due (was
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Date: 21 Mar 88 15:58:00 GMT
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>This has all taken a new turn.  Apple announced last night it was suing HP
>and Microsoft for the look and feel of New Wave and Windows 2.03, respectively.

Maybe the courts will settle this thing this time, now that we have two
(make that three) companies involved that have the resources to fight
the legal battle.

And maybe now that Apple is disenchanted with Microsoft, we'll finally see
Macintosh BASIC (the nifty one that was killed in deference to Microsoft).

All in all, I think this COULD be a lot of fun.
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