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In article <Mc7fQb600VIK45479T@andrew.cmu.edu> dd26+@andrew.cmu.edu (Douglas F. DeJulio) writes:

   When the first Mac clones come out, would it be to our benefit to
   support those machines?  
			    
***WHEN***?  You mean IF the first Mac clones come out.  Apple has continued to
show its litigous nature on all fronts.  Ever hear of a Taiwanese company
called Ak[k]ord?  No?  They were coming out with a Mac clone.  I believe Apple
sued them into submission, and they never were able to market their product.
Others have tried, but they were using copied ROMs; I think Akkord was not
using copied ROMs.

Don't ever think for a minute that Apple will play fair with *any* clone
manufacturers.  You watch.  I'll bet that within one month of the introduction
of this new Mac clone developed in a clean room, Apple will be suing them big
time.

They've used the legal system as a huge club to beat the competitors into
submission, instead of putting any significant effort into real innovation (go
ahead, try to name something that the Mac has that wasn't done by someone
earlier, like PARC).  They're too much in love with their grossly inflated
margins on their products to let anything threaten them, and those grossly
inflated margins help fund the Apple's pack of legal wolves.

Yeah, I bought a Mac.  Back in '84.  I thought it was cool, that this was the
way of the future.  Well, if what we've seen of Apple to date is their vision
of the future, heaven help us!

Steve