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Newsgroups: alt.games.doom
Path: cdrom.com!barrnet.net!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!newsfeed.pitt.edu!uunet!iglou!iglou!darkstar
From: darkstar@iglou.iglou.com (Keenan Clay Wilkie)
Subject: Re: Oh have you heard? (id confirms this is bogus)
Message-ID: <1994Jul29.033245.3431@iglou.com>
Sender: news@iglou.com (news)
Organization: The Internet Gateway of Louisville, KY
References: <86427.vanes002@maroon.tc.umn.edu>
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 1994 03:32:45 GMT
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"John Van Essen" <vanes002@maroon.tc.umn.edu> writes:
>On Wed, 27 Jul 1994 07:35:51 GMT,
>mwilliam@utkvx.utk.edu <mwilliam@utkvx.utk.edu> wrote:
>>
>> On Monday id settled in the suit filed against them by Apple Computer.
>>It seems that when it became clear that Doom was a success, Apple claimed
>>patent infringement on the grounds that the exploding barrel sequence was based
>>on their "bulging trash can" icon. id paid Apple an undisclosed amount, and
>>agreed not to put exploding barrels in Doom II.
>>
>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>| Myles Williams | "When you see me again, it won't be me." |
>>----------------------------------------------------------------
> If I had a killfile, you'd be in it! :) I'll never believe anything
> you say, ever again!
> I say that only after having e-mailed the CEO at id asking about this
> and finding out that I (along with a bunch of others, apparently),
> were snookered by your very plausible little troll, there.
> Jay said:
> "That one is almost better than God suing us for infringing on his
> exclusive right to reality! :)"
> "It's bullshit!"
> So there you have it. Myles has had his fun. Lets all roll our
> eyes and drop this thread <sheepish grin>.
I can't believe that ANYONE would fall for this!
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