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Article #40009Re: Apple gets favorable ruling
From: cbema!las
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 1989 18:41
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 1989 18:41
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In article <564@apexepa.UUCP> peter@apexepa.UUCP (Peter Palij) writes: }I think 25-Mar-89 _The Economist_ put it best: }... At stake is technology that promises to make computers easier to }use. Clear ownership of user-interface technology would put Apple in }a commanding market position. It would drastically alter competition }and innovation. Imagine what might have happened had an early carmaker }managed to patent the steering wheel, accelerator and brake pedals. Such a patent did, at one time, exist - at least in the U.S. Henry Ford fought it and won. regards, Larry -- Signed: Larry A. Shurr (att!cbnews!cbema!las or osu-cis!apr!las) Clever signature, Wonderful wit, Outdo the others, Be a big hit! - Burma Shave (With apologies to the real thing. The above represents my views only.)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!bbn!apple!rutgers!att!cbnews!cbema!las From: cbema!las@cbnews.ATT.COM (cbema!las) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Apple gets favorable ruling Keywords: Apple, Microsoft, lawsuits, HP Message-ID: <5182@cbnews.ATT.COM> Date: 28 Mar 89 18:41:49 GMT References: <6271@bsu-cs.UUCP> <1068@Portia.Stanford.EDU> <37812@think.UUCP> <568@madnix.UUCP> <564@apexepa.UUCP> Reply-To: cbema!las@cbnews.ATT.COM (Larry A. Shurr) Distribution: usa Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus, OH (actually an AGS consultant) Lines: 18