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From: jcl@hpausla.HP.COM (Jeff Laing)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Microsoft threats (Re: ./etc/APPLE.  No Free Software for Mac users.)
Message-ID: <2530001@hpausla.HP.COM>
Date: 17 Oct 88 23:17:04 GMT
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> Yeah, Apple sure is the evil empire.  I think if GNU boycotts all companies
> that sue others, GNU will be GNP--Gnu's Not Ported.  Come on.  Is this
> lawsuit so much more evil than others that get filed all the time?

> Does Apple deserve a "boycott" any more than those companies?  I guess by
> "alternative" you mean IBM products?  I like this thinking :-|.

Having just read about the NeXT release including the GNU C compiler as
the compiler of choice (unsubstantiated rumor; I havent seen the Byte
article that was being quoted), I wonder just what the implications are for
RMS and FSF if Steve pursues the lawsuit path as well?