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Article #74471Re: Please don't feed Apple's lawyers
From: Kee Hinckley
Date: Mon, 06 May 1991 15:38
Date: Mon, 06 May 1991 15:38
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In article <SBB.91May4135950@laplace.eng.sun.com> sbb@laplace.eng.sun.com (Steve Byrne) writes: >In article <1991May2.205225.1106@alphalpha.com> nazgul@alphalpha.com (Kee Hinckley) writes: > > I'm curious. What exactly do you consider "innovation". You seem to > imply that other systems have innovated more. What systems? What > innovations? My guess is that you mean Unix, but I can't for the life > of me think of any innovations in Unix in the past 7 years that weren't > taken from previous systems. How is that any different than the Mac? > >How is it different from the Mac? Please tell me of a major case where one >UNIX vendor sued another one for reimplementing an idea that they had? Is AT&T AT&T and backing store is coming close. But what does this have to do with my question? -- Alfalfa Software, Inc. | Poste: The EMail for Unix nazgul@alfalfa.com | Send Anything... Anywhere 617/646-7703 (voice/fax) | info@alfalfa.com I'm not sure which upsets me more: that people are so unwilling to accept responsibility for their own actions, or that they are so eager to regulate everyone else's.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,61ae69d3e56a37be X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-05-07 23:29:55 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!math.fu-berlin.de!fauern!ira.uka.de!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!samsung!uunet!bu.edu!spdcc!tauxersvilli!alphalpha!nazgul From: nazgul@alphalpha.com (Kee Hinckley) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: Please don't feed Apple's lawyers Message-ID: <1991May6.153835.19603@alphalpha.com> Date: 6 May 91 15:38:35 GMT References: <1991Apr25.153513.27353@m.cs.uiuc.edu> <9104290400.AA25377@mole.gnu.ai.mit.edu> <1991Apr29.181238.29784@thyme.jpl.nasa.gov> <SBB.91May1071845@laplace.eng.sun.com> <1991May2.205225.1106@alphalpha.com> <SBB.91May4135950@laplace.eng.sun.com> Distribution: gnu Organization: none Lines: 22