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Article #25701Re: Apple Challenges HP: the REAL target
From: Scott Denham
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 1988 06:01
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 1988 06:01
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In article <2245176c@ralf.home>, Ralf.Brown@B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU writes:
> So, has anyone else figured out the *real* target of Apple's suit? It isn't
> Windows, they could have sued years ago. I think the real target is OS/2's
> Presentation Manager--"kill it before it gets off the ground". The suit asks
> for an injunction against Windows and all derivative works, and the PM would
> certainly be classed as a derivative work.
>
That's an intersting possiblilty - what's even MORE interesting is what
it implies. OS/2 is the first OS in IBM's new "unified" operating systems
environment SAA (Systems Application Architecture). If, in fact, Apple's
target is the OS/2 PM, then they are also shooting at the SAA graphics
interface for not only OS/2, but the S/36 and S/370 architecture lines as
well. Now THAT's a big target!!! However, I seriously doubt if Scully
and co. will manage to slow down the IBM juggernaut any more than a mild
headwind affects a Sherman tank!
Scott Denham
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!nuchat!sugar!ssd From: ssd@sugar.UUCP (Scott Denham) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.hp Subject: Re: Apple Challenges HP: the REAL target Message-ID: <1775@sugar.UUCP> Date: 29 Mar 88 06:01:02 GMT References: <2245176c@ralf.home> Organization: Sugar Land UNIX - Houston, TX Lines: 17 Summary: The bigger picture