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- From: gblock@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Gregory R Block)
- Subject: Re: CBM/Amiga vs NewTek/Toaster
- Message-ID: <1992Aug29.192557.14478@uwm.edu>
- Sender: news@uwm.edu (USENET News System)
- Organization: University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
- References: <1992Aug28.103443.23370@usage.csd.unsw.OZ.AU>
- Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 19:25:57 GMT
- Lines: 21
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- 8800529@hydra.maths.unsw.EDU.AU () writes:
- : 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
-
- NewTek can do that and get away with it--it's commonplace. It's
- called open-ended manufacturing, or OEMming, a product. Basically,
- they OEM'ed the 2000 and put labels on them, that's just fine.
-
- They've got other reasons for being angry at NewTek...
-
- Greg
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