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From: FTWILSON@pucc.Princeton.EDU (Frederick Todd Wilson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: System 7.0
Message-ID: <8400@pucc.Princeton.EDU>
Date: 19 May 89 06:37:07 GMT
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In article <78153@ti-csl.csc.ti.com>, holland@m2.csc.ti.com (Fred Hollander) writes:

>In article <30672@sri-unix.SRI.COM> stores@unix.sri.com (Matt Mora) writes:
>I'm still waiting for word on
>the lawsuit.  Connectix said they have a patent on the only method of
>virtual memory for the Mac.  "As far as I know, there's only one way
>to do virtual memory on the Mac, and I've filed a patent application
>on it."  -- Jonathan Garber, president, Connectix (MacWeek, 1/31/89)
>
>Fred Hollander

I had read the same quote soem time before I went to MacWorld in D.C. Having
the rumours of VM in 7.0 in mind I walked up to a rep of Connectix and
asked them about the statement (Garber, above). The rep said that it would
probably depend upon how Apple decided to do it, or more specifically, on
whether they planned on incorporating it into an extensive system rewrite.
In other words, if it were going to be something of an add on, like an init,
then very probably, according to this person's statement, Connectix might
have grounds for a suit. But since it does not appear that that is the way
that Apple is doing it....

F. Todd Wilson, Apple Student Consultant, Princeton University
AppleLink: ST0161

"My opinions are my own. Who else would want'em anyway?!"