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Xref: sserve comp.org.eff.talk:9116 comp.unix.bsd:5423 comp.os.mach:2185 misc.int-property:533 comp.sys.mac.advocacy:309 Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!uunet!wupost!spool.mu.edu!darwin.sura.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!crdgw1!ge-dab!puma.ATL.GE.COM!rsnyder From: rsnyder@atl.ge.com (Bob Snyder) Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk,comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.mach,misc.int-property,alt.suit.att-bsdi,comp.sys.mac.advocacy Subject: Re: Letter asking for help with Apple from the US VP Message-ID: <1992Sep21.182121.8203@puma.ATL.GE.COM> Date: 21 Sep 92 18:21:21 GMT References: <1992Sep21.091025.14759@kth.se> Sender: news@puma.ATL.GE.COM (USENET News System) Organization: GE Aerospace, Advanced Technology Labs Lines: 29 In article <1992Sep21.091025.14759@kth.se> md85-epi@byse.nada.kth.se (Urban Koistinen) writes: >You all know of the problem Apple has created, here is a letter >to the US VP asking for help in solving it. > >Will he? He'll be confused about how a fruit could possibly be "Gooey." :-) (How GUI is pronounced) >Since Apple introduced the computer Macintosh there has >been very little progress in the field of graphical user >interfaces (GUI) for computers. > >The reason is that Apple has sued or threatened to sue >every innovative small business which produces a better GUI >than that of Apple's Macintosh. Your opinion, of course. Others may not necessarily agree. >Would you please ask Apple to stop so we may get on with >development and business? What about Apple's right to get on with development and business? Feeling rather devil's-advocatish, Bob -- Bob Snyder, Computing Services, GE Aerospace, Advanced Technology Labs rsnyder@atl.ge.com, (609) 866-6672, FAX: (609) 866-6397, DialComm 8*777-6672