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Apple gave MS a copy of documented source code so that MS could develop software with it.  The only rights that came with the source code were to allow MS to 
use it to develope Mac Software.  When MS used it to produce a copy for IBM, MS might have broken several laws.  
    Needless to say, Apple sued.  MS then revealed the original agreement which has since been on practically every bbs across the country.  The agreement said MS could do anything they want with it,m up to competing with Apple or revealingthe agreement.  Apple claims Windows will allow IBM to compete better against 
Apple Macs.  MS claims that they did nothing wrong since Apple said they could  look at the source code.
    Fortunatly, we have courts to clear this up.  MS will lose either way.  If
they win the case, then they have effectively given up any hope of a copy-right
on MS-Dos because OS are not copy-rightable.  If they lose, they will keep 
MS-Dos the way they have it, but lose all the work they did on Windows.  Either way they lose.