Re: Windows 95 hoopla

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From: Christopher W. Curtis
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 1995 16:55

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In <40vbn0$hs9@netaxs.com> jcostom@netaxs.com (Jason Costomiris) writes:

>In article <Brghteye-1308952234390001@calvin.cts.com>, Patrick McKinnion (Brghteye@cts.com) spake unto us, thusly saying:

>:     I think he's refering to the current lawsuit, where Apple is suing M$
>: because 20,000+ lines of code in QuickTime for Windows "mysteriously"
>: appeared in M$'s Video for Windows.     (At last report, M$ downgraded to

>MS didn't even write that particular hunk of code.  Canyon did.  Canyon 
>sold it to MS.  If anyone is in trouble, it may be Canyon.  However, I 

Hold on ... are you saying that if someone steals $100k from a bank and
"donates" it to me, that I'm not going to be held at all liable for the
money I was given?  According to the law, purchasing stolen goods is as
illegal as stealing them yourself.

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