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In article <1991Oct30.122959.7780@donau.et.tudelft.nl> thomas@duteca.et.tudelft.nl (Thomas Okken) writes:
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>The way I see it, they only want everyone else who designs a GUI to go to
>just as much trouble as they did, and if others use their code (which is
>one of the things they accuse Microsoft of) or make a near-identical copy
>of their design, they fight that. I agree with you that that's a shame,
>because the user's community would surely benefit if Apple gave away, or~ at
>least licensed, their code and design. However, Apple is here to make a profit
>for its shareholders, and giving away or selling their competitive edge
>does not fit in with that.
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> - Thomas (thomas@duteca.et.tudelft.nl)

i think you miss the point: its the little fact that apple wishes "everyone else
who designs a GUI to go to just as much trouble as they did"
that is so bad for the computer industry. or at least bad for people like me
(which is the same thing, IMHO, :) ) the computer industry has been built by
endless "borrowing" (read "make a near-identical copy of their design")

it seems to me, that if we had to reinvent the wheel everytime someone
has patented an idea, the speed of technological developement would slow
to a near-snail pace.

i don't think of the apple boycot as so much of a ideological battle agianst
the "evil empire" of user interface suits, but as a pragmatic decision
attempting to keep the environment of open sharing of information and 
ideas within the computer industry...

jonathan.
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