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In Reply to this Note From: <Thomas Hoberg>
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>|> Just as 123 is a clone of visicalc.......
>
>But Lotus bought the company (or at least one of the two developers).
>
>I have never liked any Lotus stuff I tried so far, but I haven't tried Improve
>yet. I'd really like to see a GNU version of Improve. I wounder what would happen
>if someone donated a 1-2-3 clone anonymously to the public domain? I never thought
>that I'd get to hate lawyers and I haven't even had a divorce yet (never married,
>either).
>

I see no reason for GNU to clone 123 or Improv.  The GNU project
should offer products with state-of-the-art interfaces.  The 123
interface is not as advanced as pull-down menus, and since neither of
us has used Improv, I see no reason that we can recommend it as a
model of a GNU product.

Cloning the product of a known look-and-feel litigant is not smart.
-David-

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