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- From: kfogel@occs.cs.oberlin.edu (Karl Fogel)
- Subject: Re: Why the boycott of Macintoshes?
- Organization: Oberlin College Computer Science
- In-Reply-To: sef@kithrup.COM's message of Sat, 05 Sep 1992 20:20:56 GMT
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- Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1992 20:26:09 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep05.202056.6350@kithrup.COM> sef@kithrup.COM (Sean Eric Fagan) writes:
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- > Tell me... are all apple employees as ignorant of what their company is
- > doing, or do they keep you in the dark just so you can make a fool of
- > yourself?
- >
- > Try reading the actual issues involved. You might be surprised to find out
- > that Apple is still suing both HP and Microsoft, that Apple is preparing to
- > appeal the decisions made to cause most of the claims to be dismissed, and
- > that Apple has not changed its policies at all.
- >
- > But I guess reality doesn't much matter to an Apple employee, huh?
- >
- > --
- > Sean Eric Fagan | "You can't get lost in one room, no matter how
- > sef@kithrup.COM | little effort you make to learn your way around."
- > -----------------+ -- William E Davidsen (william@crd.GE.COM)
- > Any opinions expressed are my own, and generally unpopular with others.
-
-
- Working for Apple is not quite the same as mugging young
- children for a living. There was no need insult Stan Shebs like
- that... a quick glance at Apple's success in the marketplace will
- tell you that they aren't hiring "fools". Are you aware of every legal
- action taken by *your* employer? I happen to think the Apple boycott
- is a good idea, since Apple does tend to be possesive, even predatory,
- about ideas that it didn't even originate. But that's no reason to go
- dumping core on its employees, who are not in control of what's going
- on at the top echelons. Or do you really expect it's programmers to
- give up their incomes and quit over this? Idea-patents are pretty
- awful, but it's not worth flaming everyone who is even remotely
- connected with them. Wouldn't you agree?
-
- --
-
- -Karl Fogel
- kfogel@occs.cs.oberlin.edu
- fogel@antares.mcs.anl.gov
-
- "I'm not lost... I know exactly where I'm not!"
-
- [ Another member of the League for Programming Freedom... ]
- [ For information about the League, (i.e.: what is the LPF ]
- [ for? How can I join?) email kfogel@occs.cs.oberlin.edu. ]
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