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From: mike@arizona.edu (Mike Coffin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple,comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.windows.misc
Subject: Re: Apple Lawsuit (was BOYCOTT APPLE, etc.)
Message-ID: <4478@megaron.arizona.edu>
Date: 24 Mar 88 04:01:44 GMT
References: <4283@dandelion.CI.COM>
Organization: U of Arizona CS Dept, Tucson
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From article <4283@dandelion.CI.COM>, by carl@dandelion.CI.COM (Carl A. Dunham):
> This brings up an interesting point.  What exactly does Apple hope to
> gain here?  With DRI, they might have wanted to scare off some
> [...]
> "look and feel" legal position is shattered.  The third alternative,
> that is settling, might delay some product introductions, but
> shouldn't really change much for anyone.

I think that delay is exactly the game here.  The Mac already has a
nice lead in the "user-friendly" race.  If they could hold off the
competition for even another year or so --- like, long enough to
introduce a real operating system for the Mac --- that lead could
become almost insurmountable.

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