rat@madnix.UUCP (David Douthitt) (03/25/89)
Just my two cents worth...
Much as I love my Apples here at home, it makes me sick to see how sue-happy
Apple is. I'd like nothing more than to see Apple *LOSE* and see a lot of
this clone lawsuit garbage quit.
I think all of Apple's lawsuits to date have really been bad for the computer
industry, especially for the creation of new materials for Apple computers
and the like.
Consider this: suppose that someone had copyrighted the "look and feel" of
a book. Then you couldn't write a book without either licensing or violating
copyright.
Before you know it, we won't be able to think without violating copyright
in our thoughts somehow. ("STOP THINKING THAT THOUGHT! It's copyrighted!")
[david]
PS: Did someone forget comp.sys.apple??? Imagine my surprise to find this
discussion ONLY in comp.sys.ibm.pc! (I don't read either comp.sys.mac
or comp.windows.ms ...)
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ArpaNet: madnix!rat@cs.wisc.edu {decvax|att}!peter@apexepa.UUCP (Peter Palij) (03/28/89)
I think 25-Mar-89 _The Economist_ put it best: ... At stake is technology that promises to make computers easier to use. Clear ownership of user-interface technology would put Apple in a commanding market position. It would drastically alter competition and innovation. Imagine what might have happened had an early carmaker managed to patent the steering wheel, accelerator and brake pedals. Apple's chances of establishing such ownership seem slim, but other computer-makers and software houses will not rest easily until it is made clear what litigious Apple might or might not own. ... [What's more basic "look and feel" than the above mentioned components of an automobile?] -- -- ----------------- Peter Palij uunet!apexepa!peter Apex Software Corporation peter@apexepa.uucp Phone: (412) 681-4343