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- From: sheldon@iastate.edu (Steve Sheldon)
- Subject: Re: CBM/Amiga vs NewTek/Toaster
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- Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
- References: <1992Aug28.103443.23370@usage.csd.unsw.OZ.AU> <1992Aug29.192557.14478@uwm.edu>
- Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 02:59:30 GMT
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- In <1992Aug29.192557.14478@uwm.edu> gblock@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Gregory R Block) writes:
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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
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- >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.
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- >They've got other reasons for being angry at NewTek...
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- Umm, OEM means Original Equipment Manufacturer.
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- I believe you mean VAR - Value Added Reseller.
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