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From: mkgrass@uokmax.UUCP (Marilyn kay Grass)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.tandy,comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Is Apple Becoming Paranoid?
Message-ID: <1218@uokmax.UUCP>
Date: 21 Apr 88 03:53:34 GMT
Reply-To: mkgrass@uokmax.UUCP (Marilyn kay Grass)
Organization: University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
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Summary:APPLE SUIT


In article <4.226AD330@raider> mjb@raider (Mark Bailey) writes:
>
>I don't follow Apple very much (not my cup of tea), but it seems to me 
>that Apple has flipped (or at least its leaders).  They seem to be sueing 
>everyone.  I wonder if they are going to sue themselves?  Does it look to 
>some of the rest of you like Apple may be a bit paranoid and is reacting 
>like a sacred child, wildly acusing and swinging at all within reach. 

I see Apple's suit against Microsoft (Windows look-and-feel) as a shrewd move
to attempt a delay of the release of the OS/2 Presentation Manager, effectively
throwing a monkey wrench into IBM and Microsoft's plans.  I doubt a significant
judgment will come out of the suit.  It merely serves Apple's short-term
interests and annoys Big Blue and friends.

Whether or not this a wise strategy is debatable.  It certainly hurts Apple's
relationship with the MS-DOS world, a relationship that was never all that
close.  I'm no fan of Apple, IBM, Microsoft, or any other big player, but their
shenanigans affect all microcomputer users.