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From: ogus@math.Berkeley.EDU (Arthur E. Ogus)
Newsgroups: gnu.emacs
Subject: Re: ./etc/APPLE.  No Free Software for Mac users.
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Date: 26 Sep 88 19:26:03 GMT
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In-reply-to: rms@WHEATIES.AI.MIT.EDU (Richard Stallman)

I agree with rms, and am appalled by Apple's suit.  I hope
they lose.  However, the fact is that I am stuck with
a Macintosh II for my use at home, and presumably will be
for several years.  (The reasons for this are not so important,
but not atypical--I work in a group of several people, two of
whom already owned Mac's, and it seemed important for all
of us to get the same computer.  Funds had to be spent (and
delivery completed) by a certain date.  Furthermore, the
purchase was made before Apple announced its suit.)  The upshot
is that it is pretty much impossible for me to boycott Apple at
this stage--except, for example, by not purchasing A/UX.  Since
I would dearly love to get GNU or at least GNU Emacs running at home,
I will be badly hurt by any concerted effort to block the 
porting of FSF software to the Macintosh.  Even if you want
encourage people not to purchase Apple hardware in the future,
please don't be too hard on "innocents" like me.
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