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From: slimer@trsvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Xerox sues Apple!!!
Message-ID: <216100171@trsvax>
Date: 20 Dec 89 14:15:00 GMT
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Nf-From: trsvax.UUCP!slimer    Dec 20 08:15:00 1989



I've been sitting here reading this vast amount of information presented as
arguements for both Apple and Xerox. What I cannot understand is those
people who begin to make personal attacks on others. I do not need to quote
those people as most of you have been reading this will surely note who
they are. 

As many of you net.readers know, it is possible for people to be wrong.
Many of the people in this thread do not know the laws related to
copyrights and patents. Before making comments and replys to this thread,
you should brush up on this information so you do not look like a fool.

If you get your PC Week papers out, you'll find
several articles on this subject telling why it took 8 years. The amount of
time between release and filed suit should not matter. What Xerox needed
was more leveraging power, so they waited their time for all the good legal
stuff to float to the top. They grabbed it all, and now they are going to
court.

This may be a simple case and it may not be a simple case, but in any event
Apple is wasting everyones time by filing all these suits to protect their
profit margins. Xerox is NOT jumping on Apples band wagon; However, they
are in this mess to simply show that Apple did not develop the technology
they claim to have developed. What Xerox wants is for Apple to stop whining
around about it all and face up to the fact that they stole this
information from them. What Apple wants is for everyone to quit cloning
their trade secrets and biting into their profit. Wake up Apple, if it's
good enough for the PC, it's good enough for an Apple.

I do not want, nor will I get envolved in, a flame war. Those people who
get their net.feelings hurt by remarks made on this subject need to
net.growup. This is a forum to express information, quit taking it so damn
personal.


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