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In article <Pine.SOL.3.91.950214220532.5346A-100000@rocky> James Ogden  
<ez050615@peseta.ucdavis.edu> writes:
> On 14 Feb 1995, Vivek Khera wrote:
> 
> > I read something about this in one of the trade magazines last week.
> > The article stated that Apple hired a third party to develop software
> > for its QuickTime rendering engine.  This third party then was hired
> > by Intel for its video technology (I think it was Indeo).  Apple
> > claims that the code developed under its contract was given over to
> > Intel improperly.
> 
> And i was just going to ask if anyone thought that GNU's ban of Appple 
> might be lifted...  i guess not.
> 

In FSF's opinion Apple is doing damage to everyone and so everyone should shun  
Apple. So, what is the really significant deception and destructive behavior  
going down in the software and hardware industry and what does it portend for  
the future of information technology? If FSF ever achieves a significant  
statistical market presence, who  will take that presence seriously and grind  
FSF into a small intestellar dust cloud with a zegaton of legal tnt? Apple???  
Will the great god of perfect political orientation, logic  and sanctimony  
protect the FSF for a nanosecond? To be totally self consistent and complete in  
the implementation of this incredibly destructive ban, maybe FSF should  
agressively support the purchase and use of  products which already threaten to  
extinguish Apple. Would that extinction give the forces of good free reign in  
this industry or would it remove the last significant barrier in the way of  
something truly monstrous?  I've read  the FSF reasoning and I don't completely  
disagree but there is a war going on and there is no honor in sanctimony at  
this stage of the battle. Who are our friends and who are our enemies and who  
are the enemies of our enemy? We will not come out of this with the best that  
technology has to offer because there are truly evil forces involved in current  
events and everyone needs to understand it well and everyone needs to analyse  
their responsibilities in a broader scope especially the FSF.