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From: daniel@unicom.UUCP (Dan Smith, not your average Lithuanian...)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple,comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.windows.misc
Subject: BOYCOTT APPLE
Message-ID: <292@unicom.UUCP>
Date: 19 Mar 88 22:31:46 GMT
Organization: Science Computer Center, Marin Community College, Kentfield CA
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Keywords: Microsoft, HP New Wave, Xerox, Lawsuit


	First off, after I showed my fiance a rather shocking article in
the paper about Apple, she said "They should change their name to prune" :-)

	In case you haven't heard by now, Apple is suing Microsoft *and*
HP for alledgedly copying the look and feel of the Mac interface. My gut
feeling is that I expect this sort of behavior from IBM, not Apple.

	I think other will make comments that are better informed, filled with
facts. I want to say that I respect what Sun is doing, trying to get good
standards spread around. Apple got lots of ideas from Xerox, and then went off
and made millions off of it, and now they have the Gall to say it was their
idea in the first place!? Why can't they license out their technology, so that
a wider range of users (read, those who do not wish to pay Apple's artificially
high prices) can benefit, and Apple can still make lots of money? Why can't
they use the money that they intend to put into this lawsuit to make their
interface that much better? Why don't they learn a lesson from what Sun
is doing? What Borland has been doing?

	I think that Microsoft and HP should be allowed to do what they are
doing, and that Apple should conceentrate on making their own products that
much better...A/UX certainly needs a lot more time! (Disclaimer: I am going
on the impressions of knowledgable collegues, I haven't actually used A/UX,
but I want to, just to compare it to [4.2/4.3 BSD/SUN/Vax Unix]).

	You know, it might not be such a bad idea for users/developers to
let Apple know, if only for a day, how they feel about this. Perhaps we
should Boycott Apple for one day - don't buy Apple products, don't develop
Apple Software/Hardware, as a protest. Is April 1 too early for this?
It's an appropriate day to show Apple that they are being foolish! I feel
this is a very important topic to explore, hence the cross posting. It's
important that Apple feel the response of the user community.

				dan

Disclaimer: I speak for myself only, my collegues may or may not agree
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