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In article <1991Apr30.152323.29614@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> huntley@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (Haydn Huntley) writes:
+
+Excuse me, I don't believe that Apple is trying to stop everyone from
+writing desktop systems, however they are trying to get Microsoft and
+HP to pay royalties for selling user interfaces which are very similar
+to Apple's.  Apple does not mind if someone creates a graphical user
+interface, unless it looks alot like the one that they developed!  In
+comparison with AT&T, Apple is not trying to charge people for using
+X windows, like AT&T is!

There are independently but similar interfaces to Apple's which have
induced suit which in effect stop development or production.
Unfortunately, XEROX entered the 'fray' to late, but much of the
'Apple' concepts are directly derived from several XEROX machines,
and programing languages. XEROX should have 'sued' Apple for
infringment early on, but did not and was not successful in it's
attempt to join the fun.

As for 'charging' Apple 'charges' for each mac and further does not
license the 'DeskTop' to non-mac machines. I don't want to get into
the 'mit developed and AT&T licensed' issue but the X system is
available  in source form and 'portable' to any hardware you have
the time to port to. Get Apple to 'sign-up' to such a situation is
asking the impossible at this time.


+I think that this boycott stuff is a bit childish, and not very
+effective at hurting Apple or their average users.  The people that it

I buy California Table Grapes once a year to remind myself of the
futility of boycotts. But that doesn't stop me from trying them as
an attempt at exerting some pressure.
-- 

John Clark
jclark@ucsd.edu