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Re: A sad day...

#8396
From: Shane Bouslough
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1991 14:53
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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? 
>> 
>> >PS-You know Apple is losing business to a superior product when they start
>> >   suing people!
>> 
>> Last time I checked, Apple had a 1-3 month backlog of orders across
>> its product line.  Sounds like they are doing just fine.  Frankly,
>> I can't understand why Microsoft expects to use Apple-developed ideas
>> without paying for them.  When I want to use DOS on a Mac, the cost
>> of the SoftPC emulator includes LICENSE fees for Microsoft.

Here we go again... *Apple-developed ideas* ??? I think Xerox at PARC
would have a few things to say about that. As for the Apple backlog,
you don't think that the new *low priced* classic line which was
introduced in response to sluggish sales had anything to do with that,
do you?

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From: shane@inferno.peri.com (Shane Bouslough)
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Subject: Re: A sad day...
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