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From: peter@apexepa.UUCP (Peter Palij)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.windows.ms,comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Apple gets favorable ruling
Keywords: Apple, Microsoft, lawsuits, HP
Message-ID: <564@apexepa.UUCP>
Date: 27 Mar 89 17:35:17 GMT
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Reply-To: peter@apexepa.UUCP (Peter Palij)
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I think 25-Mar-89 _The Economist_ put it best:

... At stake is technology that promises to make computers easier to
use.  Clear ownership of user-interface technology would put Apple in
a commanding market position. It would drastically alter competition
and innovation. Imagine what might have happened had an early carmaker
managed to patent the steering wheel, accelerator and brake pedals.
Apple's chances of establishing such ownership seem slim, but other
computer-makers and software houses will not rest easily until it is
made clear what litigious Apple might or might not own. ... 

[What's more basic "look and feel" than the above mentioned components
of an automobile?]

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Peter Palij                                               uunet!apexepa!peter
Apex Software Corporation   peter@apexepa.uucp          Phone: (412) 681-4343