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Article #1275"Inside info" on why DR is changing GEM
From: Marshall D. Abrams
Date: Sat, 19 Oct 1985 03:39
Date: Sat, 19 Oct 1985 03:39
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According to a friend close to the industry (quote, unquote), GEM was designed by a formed Apple employee. When he joined Apple he executed a standard post-employment agreement. This agreement prohibited him from implementing look-alike products for some period after he left Apple. For some reason he didn't inform DR of this agreement. Perhaps he forgot, perhaps he didn't understand it, perhaps .... In any case, DR was in a defenseless position and had to accept any quasi-reasonable terms that Apple offered. OK, can anybody provide further information? Sincerely, - Marshall D. Abrams, phone: (703) 883-6938 The MITRE Corporation, 1820 Dolley Madison Blvd. Mail Stop W458, Mc Lean, VA 22102
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site ucbvax.ARPA Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!mitre.arpa!abrams From: abrams@MITRE.ARPA (Marshall D. Abrams) Newsgroups: net.micro.atari Subject: "Inside info" on why DR is changing GEM Message-ID: <8510190340.AA07394@mitre.ARPA> Date: Fri, 18-Oct-85 23:39:54 EDT Article-I.D.: mitre.8510190340.AA07394 Posted: Fri Oct 18 23:39:54 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 20-Oct-85 04:50:02 EDT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.ARPA Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 17