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Article #1496Santa Cruz Operation settles Lotus lawsuit
From: Sean Eric Fagan
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1991 04:17
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1991 04:17
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"In another victory in its controversial copyright battle with software rivals, Lotus Development Corp. said Monday it reached an out-of-court settlement with Santa Cruz Corporation, Inc. [sic], which Lotus accused of illegally copying its 1-2-3 spreadsheet. "As part of the accord, Santa Cruz Operation [sic] will pull its SCO Professional spreadsheet from the market. The company, based in Santa Cruz, also agreed to recommend that its customers switch to 1-2-3 and to help Lotus market 1-2-3 to Professional users." Quoted from the San Jose Mercury News, which got it from The Boston Globe. There's a lot more; I do recommend that people read the article. I also recommend that, if you are of a mind, and either are or might potentially be a customer, that you let SCO know what you think of their action. (Which, unfortunately, are understandable, all things considering.) -- Sean Eric Fagan | "I made the universe, but please don't blame me for it; sef@kithrup.COM | I had a bellyache at the time." -----------------+ -- The Turtle (Stephen King, _It_) Any opinions expressed are my own, and generally unpopular with others.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!kithrup!sef From: sef@kithrup.COM (Sean Eric Fagan) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss,comp.unix.sysv386 Subject: Santa Cruz Operation settles Lotus lawsuit Message-ID: <1991Jun19.041754.6367@kithrup.COM> Date: 19 Jun 91 04:17:54 GMT Sender: sef@kithrup.COM (Sean Eric Fagan) Organization: Kithrup Enterprises, Ltd. Lines: 22