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From: mfi@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Mark Interrante)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple,comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.windows.misc
Subject: Re: Apple Lawsuit (was BOYCOTT APPLE, etc.)
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Date: 24 Mar 88 13:51:42 GMT
References: <292@unicom.UUCP> <663@csm9a.UUCP> <4283@dandelion.CI.COM>
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Keywords: Microsoft, HP New Wave, Xerox, Lawsuit

In article <4283@dandelion.CI.COM> carl@orchid.UUCP (Carl A. Dunham) writes:
>...  With this suit, either
>they win, and User Interface technology is frozen in its tracks (so
>much for "Changing the Way People Think"), or they lose, and their
>"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.

If they Win then interface technology is not frozen at all.  It just means
that other companies have to develop interfaces that dont look like the
MAC.

Mark Interrante                                               CIS Department
                                                       University of Florida
Internet:  mfi@beach.cis.ufl.edu                      Gainesville, FL  32611
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