nep.pgelhausen@AMES-VMSB.ARPA (10/24/85)
I think that the person who sugggested that the Apple/DRI suit is due
to Apple's not wanting a "second rate" desktop to represent the genre
might have some merit. Point: they have NOT (as far as I know) started
action against Amiga's "Intuition" interface. (On the other hand, they
could just be greedy, and will get around to Intuition, Windows, et. al.
soon enough.....)
-Richard Hartman
max.hartman@ames-vmsb
P.S.: This does not mean that I think GEM is second-rate (or first-rate
for that matter). I have not used it. The term came from the
msg to which this is a reply.
-rmh
------mroddy@enmasse.UUCP (Mark Roddy) (10/28/85)
>< and the subject is : GEM is second rate? so apple sues?
what?
Apple is suing because (according to apple) GEM presents the exact
look and feel of the MAC interface. Obviously if GEM were second rate,
it would present an inferior look and feel compared to the MAC.
Consequently, Apple would have no case.
And anyway, the line of reasoning by the original poster was wierd.
Apple sues because this inferior MAC clone hurts keeps people from
buying MACs? I'm not going to buy a Chevy because the Ford was a piece
of junk? What? It is because GEM is an excellent windowing desktop
environment, available on aggresively priced PCs such as the ST that
has scared Apple into monopolistic restraint of trade activity.
--
Mark Roddy
Net working,
Just reading the news.
(harvard!talcott!panda!enmasse!mroddy)