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Article #73027Re: A/UX comments wanted
From: mathew
Date: Thu, 07 Nov 1991 17:37
Date: Thu, 07 Nov 1991 17:37
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cc@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Chris Cooke) writes:
> Terrorists murder people. They do it very messily. Arms, legs, heads,
> intestines, part company from each other and fly all over the street.
> I'm not aware that Apple Computer does this sort of thing. Grow up.
terrorist n. One who favours or uses terror-inspiring methods of governing
or of coercing government or community [...]
terror n. 1. Extreme fear [...]
-- Concise OED
The idea of being taken to court and having to pay thousand-dollar-a-day
legal fees is enough to provoke extreme fear in most small software development
companies. So I think the label fits quite well.
mathew
--
Another would-be Mac owner put off by Apple's monopolistic practices.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,6535890f8096f45d X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-11-07 12:50:34 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!zeus.ieee.org!sdd.hp.com!wupost!uunet!mcsun!uknet!ctssuk!ibmpcug!mantis!mathew From: mathew@mantis.co.uk (mathew) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: A/UX comments wanted Keywords: a/ux,apple,macintosh Message-ID: <DTy2aB9w164w@mantis.co.uk> Date: 7 Nov 91 17:37:36 GMT References: <21059@skye.dcs.ed.ac.uk> Organization: Mantis Consultants, Cambridge. UK. Lines: 20