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Article #32753Re: ./etc/APPLE. No Free Software for Mac users.
From: David HM Spector
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 1988 23:24
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 1988 23:24
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>/* vx2:comp.sys.mac / wetter@tybalt.caltech.edu (Pierce T. Wetter) / 1:40 pm Sep 30, 1988 */
> Apple's legal strategy: The Apple, MS contract was signed under duress and
>therefore null and void. MS is therefore guilty of using whatever it was
>the Apple contract gave them the rights to use, and HP is an unfortunate
>bystander.
...
>Pierce
Hmmm... what, then, about MicroSoft's strong-arming Apple not to
release Macintosh BASIC... which would result in MicroSoft revoking
Apple's licenses for various products (reportedly, AppleSoft BASIC in
the Apple II series...)
Apple is within it rights to defend what it considers its own. Let
the courts figure it out....
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!yale!cmcl2!vx2!spector From: spector@vx2.NYU.EDU (David HM Spector) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: ./etc/APPLE. No Free Software for Mac users. Message-ID: <650050@vx2.NYU.EDU> Date: 30 Sep 88 23:24:00 GMT References: <10152@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> Organization: New York University Lines: 28