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Article #1396Re: Dylan supported by GNU in future ?
From: Steinar Bang
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 13:55
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 13:55
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>>>>> In article <1992Dec17.012658.11627@u.washington.edu>, tzs@carson.u.washington.edu (Tim Smith) writes: > anthony@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Anthony J Stieber) writes: >> it does not have much resources and would probably lose. Suits are >> in Apple's best interest as it has much resources and often wins. >> Apple only loses against similarly large, powerful companies. >> The issue just isn't proprietary vs open, litigious vs coopertive, >> it's also the corporate monolith vs the little guy. > So why did Apple pay off the guy who claimed Hypercard infringed his > patent rather than just litigate his tiny company out of existence? Probably because their legal advisors advise them that he had such a strong case that it would be cost-effective to pay him off. It obviously made good PR, as well...;-) - Steinar
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Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!mcsun!sunic!aun.uninett.no!ugle.unit.no!ugle.unit.no!steinarb From: steinarb@idt.unit.no (Steinar Bang) Subject: Re: Dylan supported by GNU in future ? In-Reply-To: tzs@carson.u.washington.edu's message of Thu, 17 Dec 1992 01:26:58 GMT Message-ID: <STEINARB.92Dec17135507@topas.idt.unit.no> Sender: news@ugle.unit.no (NetNews Administrator) Organization: Norwegian Institute of Technology, Trondheim, Norway References: <1992Dec15.183835.20173@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> <F7LVVB14w165w@mantis.co.uk> <1gnu87INNguv@uwm.edu> <1992Dec17.012658.11627@u.washington.edu> Date: 17 Dec 92 13:55:07 Lines: 20