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From: jnugnug@nas.com (William C Roeben)
Newsgroups: alt.games.doom
Subject: Re: Oh have you heard?
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 1994 14:22:39
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In article <1994Jul27.153556.15309@martha.utcc.utk.edu> mwilliam@utkvx.utk.edu writes:
> 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.
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"So I shot him. Then I shot him again. Then, to be safe, I shot him one last time. Then I shot him once more." --Richard Nixon, Inaugural Speech, 1972
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