[Coco] Re: I'm signing off - 6309 Microprocessor Enhancements

[Bill Cousert]

KnudsenMJ at aol.com wrote: In a message dated 3/10/04 12:34:19 PM Eastern Standard Time, wb8tyw at qsl.net 
writes:

> If the low cost off shore programmers were as talented as the myth, they
> would be selling a Windows clone that was free if copyright infringement 
and
> significantly eating into the PC market.

Good point! I take it you mean a clean-room, forward-engineered Windows 
replacement. Maybe just enough difference in look & feel to avoid the lawsuits 
that Apple laid on GEM and at least considered against Microsoft.



What gave Apple the right to sue anyone? They copied Xerox!

 


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