hagan@ecs.umass.edu (03/01/91)
soory about the previous post w/o a subject, a telnet burp
posted it before i was done writing/revising.
anyway, my points are:
with the NuteK clones of apple rom, and other soon to follow,
instead of litigating this to death, apple could take a proactive stance,
and licence THEIR rom instead. for the extra $$, i am sure that peole
would much rather have an actual mac rom than a clone of the rom, in
their mac clone. if apple litigates the rom cloners to death, they may
end up causing more harm than good in people's opinion of apple. i for
one feel that the mac, more than any other computer could do phenomonally
well IF there was competetive pricing against the IBM pc's. apple
could stand to profit by being the recipients of the royualties on the
ROM and OS. as is, sooner or later they wont be able to win a lawsuit against
a cloner, and then they will stand to lose much more.
opinions....flames?
these are just my opinions --- nobody has brainwashed me..YET
-- craig hagan (hagan@ecs.umass.edu) "/** user wearing asbestos suit
to ward of flames **/minich@unx2.ucc.okstate.edu (Robert Minich) (03/08/91)
by hagan@ecs.umass.edu: | with the NuteK clones of apple rom, and other soon to follow, | instead of litigating this to death, apple could take a proactive stance, | and licence THEIR rom instead. for the extra $$, i am sure that peole | would much rather have an actual mac rom than a clone of the rom, in | their mac clone. if apple litigates the rom cloners to death, they may | end up causing more harm than good in people's opinion of apple. i for | one feel that the mac, more than any other computer could do phenomonally | well IF there was competetive pricing against the IBM pc's. apple | could stand to profit by being the recipients of the royualties on the | ROM and OS. as is, sooner or later they wont be able to win a lawsuit against | a cloner, and then they will stand to lose much more. | | opinions....flames? If someone successfully clones a Mac (including the ROMs, OS, etc., since those are licensed for use on Apple products) and consumers take to them in large numbers, the quality of the Macintosh experience will probably sharply degrade. It's hard enough for Apple to support the various versions of their own hardware. What do you think will happen when some little quirk in a clone gets tickled by some new system software? What if you want current system software? In the near future, Sys 7 will be reality. Notice how long its taken Apple to develop. I don't think Apple's programmers are incompetent or lazy and I assume there is a HUGE amount of work being put into Sys 7. What are the chances someone will successfully clone that effort in such a way that they don't infringe on Apple's various intellectual property holdings. Before I buy a Mac clone, I'll probably do one of (a) buy a Mac III, (b) buy a NeXT (boos and hisses from the crowd), or (c) give up computers altogether. I don't want no stinkin clones. If your worried about how Apple looks to the public, don't sweat it. There are all types from die hard Mac-is-GOD fanatics to Apple-sucks-but-I-like-the-Mac. Many people already think pretty poorly. Read the position paper of the League For Programming Freedom. Of course, these are only OPINIONS. -- |_ /| | Robert Minich | |\'o.O' | Oklahoma State University| "I'm not discouraging others from using |=(___)= | minich@d.cs.okstate.edu | their power of the pen, but mine will | U | - "Ackphtth" | continue to do the crossword." M. Ho
francis@uchicago.edu (Francis Stracke) (03/13/91)
In article <1991Mar8.003255.22933@unx2.ucc.okstate.edu> minich@unx2.ucc.okstate.edu (Robert Minich) writes: Before I buy a Mac clone, I'll probably do one of (a) buy a Mac III, (b) buy a NeXT (boos and hisses from the crowd), or (c) give up computers altogether. I don't want no stinkin clones. If your worried Hear, hear! Despite the myriad benefits of competition, there comes a time when the stability of a pseudo-monopoly is a truly wondeful blessing. (As opposed to a true monopoly--compare today's AT&T with the old one. :-) -- /============================================================================\ | Francis Stracke | My opinions are my own. I don't steal them.| | Department of Mathematics |=============================================| | University of Chicago | Until you stalk and overrun, | | francis@zaphod.uchicago.edu | you can't devour anyone. -- Hobbes | \============================================================================/
djm@pro-odyssey.cts.com (David McDowell) (03/13/91)
In-Reply-To: message from minich@unx2.ucc.okstate.edu The nice things about clones for the Macintosh is that it should force Apple to cut their profit margins. This should be true just because they won't be the only game in town. I'll still buy an Apple Macintosh before an XXX Macinclone, but, you have to think of the other types of benefits. (You know like software coming out of the woodwork like never before!) ---- ProLine: djm@pro-odyssey Internet: djm@pro-odyssey.cts.com UUCP: crash!pro-odyssey!djm ARPA: crash!pro-odyssey!djm@nosc.mil