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Article #73172Re: Boycott Apple (was: A/UX comments wanted)
From: Kyle Jones
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1991 21:33
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1991 21:33
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haney@moonshine.llnl.gov (Scott W. Haney) writes: > Oh come on. Apple's lawyers are using lawful means to > represent their company with regard to legal issues that are > by no means obvious. Terrorists represent their cause by > unlawful means (often KILLING innocent people). I really > cannot understand why there is an argument here. (Or have you > seen John Sculley gunning down Windows developers recently?) Whether you're bankrupted by legal fees, bankrupted by having to pay huge damages, bankrupted by having to pay huge license fees to use previously cost-free tools, interfaces and algorithms, or bankrupted by no longer access to the latter, you lose. You're not dead, but let's just say your lifestyle has not been changed for the better. Legal or not, this isn't right.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,6535890f8096f45d X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-10-29 14:07:46 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!zeus.ieee.org!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!uunet!uunet!kyle From: kyle@uunet.uu.net (Kyle Jones) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: Boycott Apple (was: A/UX comments wanted) Message-ID: <1991Oct29.213324.23905@uunet.uu.net> Date: 29 Oct 91 21:33:24 GMT References: <haney.688605042@moonshine> <1991Oct28.165812.19549@cs.umn.edu> <haney.688680761@moonshine> Organization: UUNET Communications Services Lines: 14