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From: marc@micro.org (Marc Lombart)
Newsgroups: alt.games.doom
Subject: Re: Oh have you heard? (id confirms this is bogus)
Date: 2 Aug 1994 16:19:39 -0400
Organization: Micro.Org
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John Van Essen (vanes002@maroon.tc.umn.edu) wrote:
: 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>.
Muahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
I don't believe it, people actually took this post seriously? Good lord, has
Apple(tm) ruined people so much that they believe any "Apple sues...." story?
There wasn't anything even remotely possible about this suite and people wrote
to ID to find out if this was true?
Hey, had I known people were that guilible I'd have gone into sales.
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Marc Lombart : Pagan, great debater, lover, poet and story teller.