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Re: Apple gets favorable ruling

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From: Stanley Todd Shebs
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 1989 17:02
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In article <564@apexepa.UUCP> peter@apexepa.UUCP (Peter Palij) writes:
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>I think 25-Mar-89 _The Economist_ put it best:
>
>... Imagine what might have happened had an early carmaker
>managed to patent the steering wheel, accelerator and brake pedals.

This suggests an interesting strategy for stopping "look and feel"
controversy - make a particular user interface style an ANSI standard.
(Or perhaps somebody is already working on this?)

						stan shebs
						shebs@apple.com
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From: shebs@Apple.COM (Stanley Todd Shebs)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Apple gets favorable ruling
Keywords: Apple, Microsoft, lawsuits, HP
Message-ID: <1078@internal.Apple.COM>
Date: 28 Mar 89 17:02:01 GMT
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