Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ames!vsi1!wyse!mips!sultra!dtynan From: dtynan@sultra.UUCP (Der Tynan) Newsgroups: gnu.emacs Subject: Re: Some thoughts on "look and feel" Summary: gnu.misc Message-ID: <2553@sultra.UUCP> Date: 29 Sep 88 22:49:39 GMT References: <8809281540.AA07713@galaxy.compass.com> Distribution: gnu Organization: Tynan Computers, Sunnyvale, CA Lines: 29 I have a couple of points I'd like to throw at the general discussion; First, it seems to me that there really ought to be a gnu.misc newsgroup. Looking at the current list, all the groups refer to GNU products. Nothing about the GNU organization, or anything else. Certainly this discussion doesn't belong in a newsgroup about emacs. I don't actually subscribe to this newsgroup on a regular basis, but recently I've been reading it diligently, because of this discussion. Where's gnu.misc?? Second, overall, it seems a real flakey thing on Apples part, to start running after everyone who breaths windows (reminiscent of Coca Cola's (tm) wars over the word Coke (tm) -- Mr Pepsi himself learnt something here?). Here is a Corporation who allowed people to distribute Apple DOS with their products. Who turned a blind eye to people patching and hacking at their DOS, and redistributing it. Now, all of a sudden, they are protective of "their" technology. I think the days of Apple as a youthful, innovative company are drawing to a close. To quote Carl Gutekunst on Sun Microsystems; "They are quickly reaching critical mass..." I think that perhaps Apple has become courageous on the blood of past 'conquests' like Digital Research. I was very sorry that DRI gave up the battle, setting a nasty precedent that hopefully will be nipped in the bud by Hewlett-Packard. In the meantime, anything we can do to help will, in the long run, be beneficial to all of us. - Der -- Reply: dtynan@sultra.UUCP (Der Tynan @ Tynan Computers) {mips,pyramid}!sultra!dtynan Cast a cold eye on life, on death. Horseman, pass by... [WBY]