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- From: 8800529@hydra.maths.unsw.EDU.AU ()
- Subject: Re: CBM/Amiga vs NewTek/Toaster
- Message-ID: <1992Aug28.103443.23370@usage.csd.unsw.OZ.AU>
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- Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 10:34:43 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug26.222340.1234@pro-freedom.cts.com> eeb@pro-freedom.cts.com (Ed Brown) writes:
- >
- > > ...Commodore told many of its dealers not to sign on as authorized
- > > Toaster Workstation dealers or else risk losing their official Commodore
- > > dealer status.
- >
- >My. What a nifty way of having your rear end torn off in court for
- >"illegal infringement of trade practices". CBM doesn't have a legal leg to
- >stand on with this and if they were stupid enough to write that down,
- >someone could have ripped 'em a new one. Manufacturers are NOT allowed to
- >dictate what retailers can sell or not sell. Sheesh...
-
- Ok then, hw about NewTeck buying a product from CBM (A2000)
- and repacaging and hiding the name from it and adveritsments ?
- I thought that you have to acknowledge all copywrites. CBM can ban them
- from using their product. Sort of like what apple can do if it wan't
- to stop Products like Amax to exist. System disks are only allowed to run
- on Macs
-
- >
- >
- >*======================================================================*
- >|Edward E. Brown II | Internet: eeb@pro-freedom.cts.com |
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- i George
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