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- From: edw@distant.uucp (Ed Watkeys)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
- Subject: Re: Macs closed, what me worry?
- Date: Sat, 19 Dec 92 08:55:13 EST
- Organization: Distant Software
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- In article (comp.sys.mac.programmer), nagle@netcom.com (John Nagle) writes:
- > irac@yang.earlham.edu writes:
- > >Hi all, Ira here.
- > >So now I have been reading this group a little and I would like to know a
- > >thing. Why are Macs considered closed systems? Is it because it is a little
- > >harder to get into the case? Is it because the system platform is a little
- > >taller and it is harder to code your own system? Is it because Mac clones are
- > >not really existant? If these are the reasons are they good ones? Ok so those
- > >are my questions, could some person wax eloquent for me on this topic? Thanks.
- >
- > It's because if you try to build a machine that runs Mac software,
- > Apple sues you.
- >
- > John Nagle
-
- If you try to make an operating system which runs UNIX software, USL sues you.
- How's this different? The entire FSF thing is a big joke. AT&T is suing the
- pants off of everyone for everything, but FSF somehow justifies making
- UNIX software while encouraging people to buy from Apple's competitors. AT&T
- has done more harm to the industry by claiming a patent on buffering window
- contents than Apple by doing its own thing for the last 15 years, suing people
- once in a while.
-
- Ed
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