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In article <40ies7$10c@itsmail1.hamilton.edu>,
jmalloy@itsmail1.hamilton.edu (Joseph T. Malloy) wrote:
> >Given Microsoft's obvious lack of respect for the
> >intellectual property of others (Stac, Apple, etc.), fearing it is not
> >irrational.  
> 
> That's not a given.  If you don't think that lawsuits are a way of life
> for major (and minor!) corporations, you just aren't aware of the
> litigious nature of the American Way (tm) (Apple lost, by the way).  It's
> irrational because (let me say this clearly) YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT! 

    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
a earlier version that didn't have the stolen code, but still denies any
wrongdoing, or even admits that the code was stolen in the first
place.)    Last I heard, that court case was still in the courts, and a
ruling hasn't been made, though industry analysis tends to feel that Apple
will win, based on evidence, and the fact that M$ has done this in the
past, (M$ vs. Stac, where the courts ruled that M$ illegally used code
from Stacker in M$-DOS 6, and had M$ pay damages to Stac for the illegal
use.)

   - Patrick McKinnion

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