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From: rhsu@topaz.rutgers.edu (Robert Hsu)
Newsgroups: gnu.gcc
Subject: Re: GNU's not GNU...
Message-ID: <Apr.8.15.48.48.1989.17519@topaz.rutgers.edu>
Date: 8 Apr 89 19:48:56 GMT
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Ted Lemon writes:

> [...] It seems 
> to me that giving a major corporation a stranglehold on a certain kind
> of computer interface is strongly detrimental to society.

	I don't think Apple is claiming ownership of graphical 
user interfaces; it is simply claiming ownership of the Macintosh
graphical user interface.  So it is not seeking a stranglehold on a
certain kind of computer interface; it is simply seeking a stranglehold
on its own implementation of a certain kind of user interface.
It has every right to do so.