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From: aglew@urbsdc.Urbana.Gould.COM
Newsgroups: comp.sys.misc
Subject: Re: Apple sues HP
Message-ID: <29300004@urbsdc>
Date: 19 Apr 88 02:19:00 GMT
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Nf-From: urbsdc.Urbana.Gould.COM!aglew    Apr 18 20:19:00 1988


Well, I seem to have struck a sympathetic chord with the proposal
to start a user-initiated suit against Apple for violating the
Xerox user interface. I am, frankly, inexperienced in such things,
but it seems to me that a good way to begin would be by collecting
support. Email is nice, but it would probably be more impressive
to get physical mail. Also, I will want to keep this very much
away from my employer's system (this may be my last post from this
address for a while on this subject, until I get an account at
university or elsewhere).

So, how about this:
    (1) Send me physical mail, a letter saying that you deplore
	Apple's attempts to copyright look and feel, and would
	support a suit on behalf of Xerox.
	Include your email address so that we might be able to
	get some orchestration going.
	My address is below.
    (2) Send a copy of the same letter to your congressman
	('Fraid I can't do that - maybe the INS will cancel my
	visa for this?)
    (3) Send a copy of the same letter to Apple, Xerox, HP and
	Microsoft corporate headquarters. I'll try to come up
	with addresses next posting.

In the meantime, I will be looking for a lawyer who can start
a preliminary investigation of the case (or as much as can be
done with the few dollars I have at hand).
    DO NOT SEND MONEY yet - we don't know if there is anything
to spend money on.

Address:

Andy Glew
806 Kerr #204
Urbana, Illinois 61801

This posting, and most of my other opinions, are by no means
related to my employer.