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Article #74452Re: "look and feel" monopoly incentives and MacOS and 1-2-3 origins
From: John Clark
Date: Mon, 06 May 1991 17:26
Date: Mon, 06 May 1991 17:26
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In article <48451@ut-emx.uucp> timbur@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Tim Burnett) writes: +the right to overlapping windows, icons, trash cans, etc. However, I do believe +if you double-click a icon, get a window, and then can drag the icon to the +trash, that It is a mac-interface and Apple has the right to sue. Why do you 'double' click? Is that because it is 'intuitively' clear or because you are clicking with a one button mouse in a 2 or 3 button environment. I don't think the 'boycott' is silly, I also don't think it will dent Apple's momentum in the market. However, if the FSF is successful in pointing out the 'problem' that the 'look-and-feel' considerations are creating. For a small time developer I have two options 1) don't go into business 2) go into business and wait to be sued(This implies that I make enough to be 'significant'). In the latter case one can have the 'stoic' attitude that after being sued Apple can have the dingy broken down furniture, the well worn computer equiment; and you can file bankrupcy and go on with life. -- John Clark jclark@ucsd.edu
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,15ed716c9ecc1ded X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-05-06 13:11:47 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!ogicse!ucsd!sdcc6!jclark From: jclark@sdcc6.ucsd.edu (John Clark) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: "look and feel" monopoly incentives and MacOS and 1-2-3 origins Message-ID: <19050@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> Date: 6 May 91 17:26:29 GMT References: <1991May4.052108.695@visix.com> <1991May4.235033.15917@agate.berkeley.edu> <48451@ut-emx.uucp> Organization: University of California, San Diego Lines: 23 Posted: Mon May 6 10:26:29 1991