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From: gft_robert@gsbacd.uchicago.edu
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Subject: Re: Xerox sues Apple!!!
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Date: 20 Dec 89 18:02:51 GMT
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BTW, folks, it's not some bunch of idealistic "open systems" folks at Xerox who
are behind all this, attacking the "evil corporate giant" Apple.  Nope.

According to today's New York Times, "Both former and current Xerox executives
said the company's decision to sue Apple can be attributed almost entirely to
the arrival of William C. Lowe, a former executive of IBM, who joined Xerox
last year."

So, as I see it, it's one company attacking another, not some epic battle
between good guys and bad guys.  (There's nothing wrong with the guy coming
from IBM; I just mean to imply that this is a business decision in all
likelihood, not some altruistic crusade).

BTW, I'm rooting for Apple, it if makes any difference.

Robert


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