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Article #4213Re: Boycott Lotus?
From: Tom Gargulak
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 1990 13:38
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 1990 13:38
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> > Is it time to boycott Lotus now that they have won the case > against Paperback Software? How do you all feel about using > litigation instead of supplying a better product for a > reasonable price? 1) I like to pay less money for a clone package. 2) Lotus invested a lot only to have several companies copy the a successful product. The development investment of these clones was obviously much less. How would you like it if someone copied the "look and feel" of your software and sold it for less? Its a tough call. -Tom
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!convex!mozart.convex.com!gargulak From: gargulak@mozart.convex.com (Tom Gargulak) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: Boycott Lotus? Keywords: pc Message-ID: <107670@convex.convex.com> Date: 25 Oct 90 13:38:06 GMT References: <2735@naucse.cse.nau.edu> Sender: usenet@convex.com Reply-To: gargulak@mozart.convex.com (Tom Gargulak) Organization: Convex Computer Corporation, Richardson, Texas Lines: 17