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In article <1991Apr29.225757.5643@visix.com> amanda@visix.com (Amanda Walker) writes:

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   In article <9104292009.AA01975@mole.gnu.ai.mit.edu> rms@GNU.AI.MIT.EDU
   (Richard Stallman) writes:

      That was the plan I started with.  **Apple is trying to make this
      illegal**.  The whole point of their lawsuit is to stop people from
      writing desktop systems.

   I disagree with you there.  The point of their lawsuit is their claim that
   Microsoft violated a contract.  The suit doesn't claim that no one else
   can "write desktop systems," even Macintosh-like ones.

   If the reasons you cite for the boycott were true, I'd expect to see a
   bunch of other suits coming out of Apple, not just one accusing
   Microsoft of copyright violation.  For example, I'd expect to see them sue:

[list deleted]
If memory serves me correctly Apple *DID* go after Digital Research for
the early versions of GEM.  I beleive Digital Research had to do re-writes
of parts of GEM to make Apple happy.

Perhaps when the Apple/Microsoft/HP suit is done they might go after the
examples listed. ( Apple probably has a limit on the number of lawyers
they can support at once... )

-randy
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