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Article #545Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???
From: Gaven Miller
Date: Sat, 05 Aug 1995 06:25
Date: Sat, 05 Aug 1995 06:25
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Ron Shepard (shepard@tcg.anl.gov) wrote: > [Apple] did kick around Digital Research when they tried to sell their > Mac-alike (GEM wasn't it called?). I don't think it made it to the > courts, but DR did change things so that it didn't look so much like the > Mac. Apple did sue DRI over GEM (Graphics Environment Manager), but DRI and Apple came to an out-of-court settlement where DRI had to cripple GEM into a truly unmarketable state. > And didn't someone else try to sue MIT over the idea of a backing store > for refreshing overlapped windows? I believe that it was AT&T that sued over it's patented "backing store" technology.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!news.inca.co.nz!inca01!gmiller From: gmiller@inca.co.nz (Gaven Miller) Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.intel Subject: Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....??? Followup-To: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.intel Date: 5 Aug 1995 06:25:40 GMT Organization: INCA Message-ID: <3vv2t4$2kl@inca01.inca.co.nz> References: <docjoe-2807950745230001@ip252.wilmington.de.interramp.com> <3vgaqc$4bv@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <pmt-3107950011560001@dialup6.fwi.com> <danpop.807195163@rscernix> <3vkkeu$ofc@freud.inst.com> <schmeul-0108950744430001@pscmc3.chemistry.aa.wl.com> <danpop.807284352@rscernix> <3vrfmb$ffq@meaddata.meaddata.com> <danpop.807548756@rscernix> <shepard-0408951558300001@macrls.tcg.anl.gov> NNTP-Posting-Host: inca01.inca.co.nz X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2]