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From: macbeth@artecon.UUCP (Beckwith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Credit where credit is due (was
Message-ID: <867@artecon.UUCP>
Date: 23 Mar 88 19:51:49 GMT
References: <752@cresswell.quintus.UUCP> <15200003@uxg.cso.uiuc.edu>
Reply-To: macbeth@artecon.UUCP (David Macy-Beckwith)
Organization: artecon
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In article <15200003@uxg.cso.uiuc.edu> dorner@uxg.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
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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.

The way I hear it, Sculley has had a hankering to nail the Bellevue Bullies
ever since the Mac BASIC debacle way back in '85. Microsoft's mishandling of
that product hurt the Mac in its early days and pissed Apple off no end. Gates
& Co. have produced some fine products for the Mac, but the relationship 
between the two organizations has never been better than cordial.

I'm rooting for Apple. The suit seems to have legal merit (in this layperson's 
opinion), is an excellent strategic move (disrupting development at a number of 
competitors) and demonstrates that Apple, like Big Blue, can play hardball when 
they want to. Lest we forget, I Bring Manuals will be throwing lawyers at PS/2
cloners in the not-too-distant future.

Now let's talk about the effect of all those DEC folks that Sun has hired. 
Whoops, wrong newsgroup...

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+ The Company has enough on its plate    ||   "I didn't come here to argue!"  +
+ without supporting the crazed postings ||   "Yes, you did!"                 +
+ of its newsaholic minions.             ||   "No, I didn't!"                 +