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This just in.  From today's Wall Street Journal:

"APPLE COMPUTER INC. AGREES TO SETTLEMENT OF PATENT DISPUTE

Apple Computer Inc. said it agreed to settle a patent dispute with two tiny
Los Altos, Calif., software companies.

As part of the settlement, Apple will make a one-time payment to Quickview
Systems Inc. and HyperRacks Inc., both run by programmer Paul Heckel.
Apple declined to disclose the size of the payment, but a source close to the
settlement described it as substantial.  

HyperRacks filed suit in September, charging that Apple's Hypercard software 
infringed on a patent held by HyperRacks."

This doesn't seem the best of Christmas at Apple (sagging sales in the low
end machines, stock price nose diving, 2 lawsuits pending, one settled 
at a loss :^)

-- Marco
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"Xerox sues somebody for copying?" -- David Letterman
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