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From: scott@geowhiz.UUCP (Scott Kempf)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Windows/Mac Copyrights
Message-ID: <690@geowhiz.UUCP>
Date: 11 Apr 88 20:23:47 GMT
References: <343@dbase.UUCP> <4WLbjDy00WE6Vd40FA@andrew.cmu.edu>
Reply-To: scott@geowhiz.UUCP (Scott Kempf)
Organization: University of Wisconsin, Department of Geology and Geophysics
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In article <4WLbjDy00WE6Vd40FA@andrew.cmu.edu> jm7e+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU ("Jeremy G. Mereness") writes:

>Apple was a lot smaller and really went out on a financial limb to put this
>out on a home computer. They did it when memory chips were too expensive to
>support it
>(the 128K Mac, remember?) and when IBM wouldn't have even considered such
>a thing. Just like IBM never would have considered building a PC until the
>Apple ][
>started making big bucks with Visi-Calc. Deja vu.

>Big Blue has done it again. They let a smaller company with less risk-taking
>power
>pioneer the new ideas, and then they step in and take over as soon as the
>smaller
>company prove the ideas successful.

IBM takes many risks in developement.  The invented much of the technology
you are using today.  Just because they are money hungry capitalist, who don't
care if they hurt the computer industry, as long as they make money, don't
sell them short.  The Winchester drive and the Josefen (sp) Junction are the
first things that come to mind.

>How's that for capitalism?

Capitalism is more American than apple pie.

>I don't know how much the law can do about this, but ethically, I think it
>stinks.

Me too.  Too bad Apple is picking up more of IBM's sales tactics.

>Capt. Albatross
>jm7e+@andrew.cmu.edu

					Scott
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