Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!hplabs!hpda!hpcupt1!hpirs!runyan From: runyan@hpirs.HP.COM (Mark Runyan) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: IBM and RISCy Business (another legal battle a la Apple) Message-ID: <3880001@hpirs.HP.COM> Date: 7 Jul 88 15:37:52 GMT References: <372@mfgfoc.UUCP> Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino Lines: 10 >/ hpirs:comp.arch / exodus@mfgfoc.UUCP (Greg Onufer) / 11:21 am Jul 6, 1988 / >If you can't compete, at least inhibit the competition. Why are they >following Apple's (look'n'feel) lead? While I tend to agree that the idea that "IBM created RISC" annoys me, I'd like to point out that there is a difference between patent violation that IBM is claiming and copyright violation which I think that Apple is claiming. A patent violation might be easier to prove than "look'n'feel" copyright violations Mark "...but I'm not a lawyer..." Runyan