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From: iav1917%ritcv@cs.rit.edu (alan i. vymetalik)
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Subject: Re: Apple gets favorable ruling
Keywords: Apple vs. Microsoft
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Date: 7 Apr 89 05:00:44 GMT
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In article <25056@mirror.UUCP> garison@prism.TMC.COM (Gary Piatt) writes:
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>Apple is suing Microsoft solely for the public attention (in my own
>opinion).  Consider this:  Apple makes Macintoshes, Mac II's, etc;
>MS-Windows was written for PC's.  Where's the competition?  Apple is
>not losing any business to Microsoft.  In fact, it could be argued that
>Apple gets free advertising evertime someone uses Windows; sooner or
>later, a Windows user could be expected to purchase a Mac... going to
>the horse's, uh, mouth, as it were.

   Concerning Apple's suit against Microsoft...

   These are my comments.  I wrote them.  They're mine.  They may not be
   accurate, but they're presented to all for thought...

   Public attention?  Yes, no doubt.  It's a very visible case right now
   and the press loves to chew on these types "Silicon Valley Days" stories.

   However, Apple is not a "small fish" company.  And, Apple's goals are
   not "small" either.  I think it is easy to figure out that Apple has
   a bigger goal in mind:  to nail Presentation Manager from Microsoft/IBM
   BEFORE it becomes a "hit" in the business world.  If PM takes off,
   Apple can probably kiss goodbye its real advantages over the PC world
   (object-oriented OS, graphic interface, etc.).  And, it does make one
   wonder, doesn't it, why IBM "invested" some $10,000,000 into NeXT, Inc.
   And, NeXT is supplying NeXTStep as well as the graphics interface for
   IBM's AIX machines (initially the RT series...initially...).  Of course,
   IBM likes to cover "all its bases," however, $10M is a sizable chunk
   of money that COULD HAVE been spent on the Microsoft/IBM PM development
   (and O/S2).  What, Microsoft CAN'T develop O/S2 - PM for $10M?  Hmmm...

   Anyway, could this be a sign that IBM is going to push NeXTStep if
   Microsoft loses the suit?  Only the Shadow knows for sure.

   Oh, keep an eye on Hewlett-Packard... Sharp stuff is coming from them
   soon...

   Rumors, rumors...

   Enjoy and watch the fireworks over the next couple of months...

   Alan

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