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In article <1991Oct30.202317.4156@m.cs.uiuc.edu>, John Coolidge (jc) writes:

jc> If you're sincere in the belief that Apple has not brought any
jc> innovation to the market, then you shouldn't be worried about their
jc> lawsuit. Their claims rely only on work done at Apple, and so if they
jc> win we will only lose the right to reuse things are aren't innovative
jc> and are therefore not worth cloning anyway.

So, they aren't trying to claim the desktop, the trashcan, pull down
menus, the menu bar etc etc etc? I don't like 'em, but they are in the
`look and squirm' that apple claims to own. I don't think any of them
are original, but since when did that ever stop a lawyer :-).

It doesn't matter if they can win or even if they expect to, they can
_still_ prevent other companies from using these ideas by
intimidation. This is not nice, that is why assault is a crime as well
as battery.

Actually I'm not sure the boycot is in itself going to get anyway,
what is needed is for everyone to find some piece of Mac software that
people like and clone it for another machine. Notice I said clone, not
copy, I _do_ believe in IPR.

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