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johnston@oscar.ccm.udel.edu (Bill Johnston) writes:
>In article <13151@helios.TAMU.EDU>, mcl9337@aim1.tamu.edu 
>(MARK CHRISTOPHER LOWE) writes...
>>I just read that thing about the case between Apple and Microsoft.
>>I hope the hell Apple doesn't win this.  Who uses Macs anyway??  {:-<
>>People that are afraid of computers!!
>
>Who uses Windows?  People who are afraid of Macintoshes? 

[rabid Microsoft flamage deleted]

I could see your flame war and raise you several nasty insults, but none of
that alt.religion.computers stuff is relevant to the issue at hand - namely
that most big software companies have more lawyers than programmers!  In
this case, Apple is a particular villain.  Shortcomings in MSDOS are not
relevant.  Shortcomings in Apple service or pricing are not relevant.  What
IS relevant is that a few years after stupid cases like this get started,
some befuddled computer-ignorant tribunal sequestered in some mouldy hall
of "justice" somewhere will end up DECIDING on issues they know nothing
about - issues which were only issues because some lawyer saw a chance to
make a buck!

And whether or not the case ever gets decided, and no matter what the
outcome eventually is, in the meantime legal expenses drive up the costs at
these major software companies (and prices go up, of course, or service and
quality goes down), and small developers may be abandoning projects for
fear of getting slammed in the courts.

Now, is this a nightmare or what?!  Join the League.  Could someone post
that address again?

-- 
Kevin Martin
sigma@rpi.edu