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Article #26098Re: Trial by JURY
From: Frank Wales
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 1988 23:30
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 1988 23:30
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In article <1886@rtech.UUCP> brent@rtech.UUCP (Brent Williams) writes: >From article <2722@tekigm2.TEK.COM>, by timothym@tekigm2.TEK.COM > (Timothy D Margeson): >> Now, add to this trial by jury a small, helpless company like Apple, being > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > Come on. The quarter just ended, apple announced $1 billion in revenue. > I bet Hewlett Packard is only about $6-8 billion per year, not > that much bigger than Apple. Also, microsoft only about $300 million. > They might try to capitalize on the "2 guys in a garage image" > but an attorney for the other guys would have no trouble pulling this > apart. In fact, since Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard were the original Silicon Valley "two guys in a garage" (now a museum), maybe HP could countersue Apple for ripping off how they got started. Then again, I think HP have more decency than to try. -- Frank Wales, Development Engineer, [frank@zen.uucp<->mcvax!zen.co.uk!frank] Zengrange Ltd., Greenfield Rd., Leeds, ENGLAND, LS9 8DB. (+44) 532 489048 x220
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!mcvax!ukc!its63b!hwcs!zen!frank From: frank@zen.UUCP (Frank Wales) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.hp Subject: Re: Trial by JURY Message-ID: <1204@zen.UUCP> Date: 31 Mar 88 23:30:00 GMT References: <2722@tekigm2.TEK.COM> <1886@rtech.UUCP> Reply-To: frank@zen.UUCP (Frank Wales) Organization: Zengrange Limited, Leeds, England Lines: 22 Summary: countersuit