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From: govett@avsd.UUCP (David Govett)
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Subject: Re: Apple's lawsuit against HP and Microsoft
Message-ID: <91@avsd.UUCP>
Date: 7 Apr 88 16:38:10 GMT
References: <2703@tekigm2.TEK.COM> <8501@eleazar.Dartmouth.EDU> <115@obie.UUCP>
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> In article <8501@eleazar.Dartmouth.EDU>, jonathan@eleazar.Dartmouth.EDU (Jonathan Altman) writes:
> > 3.  The precedent set in the IBM vs. large-Japanese-mainframe-maker
> > who copied look and feel (and whose name escapes me now) of IBM OS,
> > without copying the code means that if Apple pushes this case, they
> > may very well win a right to a percentage of the income created by
> > borrowers of their developments.
> 
> If you're talking about the suit between IBM and Hitachi, you've got
> it horribly wrong.  Hitachi was caught buying stolen IBM technical
> documents from undercover FBI men.  The documents reportedly contained
> technical information on IBM computer systems; the accounts I read did
> not specify hardware or software.  The press probably wouldn't know
> the difference anyhow.
> 


The Japanese company was Fujitsu, the largest computer company in Japan.
Hitachi stole IBM hard drive secrets.