Re: Illogic and Apple

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From: Russ Nelson
Date: Tue, 07 May 1991 02:06

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In article <1991May6.225656.18017@visix.com> amanda@visix.com (Amanda Walker) writes:

   I think the Macintosh was a significant innovation, and I think
   that they are entitled to the rewards of that innovation.

I agree with you, but I don't think that we need a law to grant them
those rewards.  As a general rule, by the time anyone wants to copy
anything that is significantly innovative, it has made gobs and gobs
of money.  I suppose that there might be (have been) some new ideas
whose value is immediately recognized.  In my experience, however, most
new ideas are greeted with derision, or at best, indifference.

--
--russ <nelson@clutx.clarkson.edu> I'm proud to be a humble Quaker.
It's better to get mugged than to live a life of fear -- Freeman Dyson
I joined the League for Programming Freedom, and I hope you'll join too.

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From: nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson)
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Subject: Re: Illogic and Apple
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