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From: dtmf@indirect.com (DTMF)
Newsgroups: alt.games.doom
Subject: Re: Oh have you heard? (id confirms this is bogus)
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 1994 23:34:19
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In article <86427.vanes002@maroon.tc.umn.edu> "John Van Essen" <vanes002@maroon.tc.umn.edu> writes:
>From: "John Van Essen" <vanes002@maroon.tc.umn.edu>
>Subject: Re: Oh have you heard? (id confirms this is bogus)
>Date: Fri, 29 Jul 1994 02:17:09 GMT
>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." |
>>----------------------------------------------------------------
btw: The 'barrel' in the Apple Finder is a "Trash Can" not a barrel.