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- From: jpugh@apple.com (Jon Pugh)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
- Subject: Re: Macs closed, what me worry?
- Message-ID: <jpugh-211292224440@kip2-3.apple.com>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 06:49:03 GMT
- References: <1992Dec17.105150.20684@yang.earlham.edu> <1992Dec18.065911.7493@netcom.com> <ksand-211292193108@wintermute.apple.com>
- Sender: news@gallant.apple.com
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- Organization: Apple Computer, Inc.
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- In article <ksand-211292193108@wintermute.apple.com>, ksand@apple.com (Kent
- Sandvik ) wrote:
- >
- > In article <1992Dec18.065911.7493@netcom.com>, nagle@netcom.com (John
- > Nagle) wrote:
- > > It's because if you try to build a machine that runs Mac software,
- > > Apple sues you.
- >
- > :-). That's news to me. I'm sure it's news to Outbound as well.
-
- Sorry. Outbound ain't reading the news no more. They've gone broke.
- Anyone hear about a fire sale?
-
- It's tough to fight a zillion Powerbooks. That works so much better than
- lawsuits any way. After all, look what our lawsuit did to Microsoft. Boy
- are they sorry! ;)
-
- I still contend that the main reason Apple sues people is to keep the
- lawyers from telling us how actionable our secret about boxes are. ;)
-
- Jon
-