Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Fri, 24 Jan 1997 02:01:22 -0500 (EST) | | From | Jason Murdock <> | | Subject | Re: If Linux is to succeed |
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On Thu, 23 Jan 1997, W. Reilly Cooley wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Jan 1997, Jason Benderly wrote: > > > Linux needs applications to succeed in business. No question > > about it. Not the pathetic Applix or buggy WordPerfect. Why is > > it that the Windows API has not been ported to Unix? Why not the > > Microsoft Foundation classes? Why not ActiveX/OLE/DCOM. > > I proposed that earlier today. One of the biggest problems would be with > the copyrights of the Windows APIs. I am not exactly sure if it is > actually able to own an interface (i.e., a set of function prototypes and > pre-processor definitions), but I suppose it would be roughly analogous to > the Look & Feel contention. Does anyone have any legal knowledge about > this?
I remember reading somewhere that Lotus sued Borland or some company becouse they had a look that was like one of their products. They lost the suit. I guess that would be legal pressident.
jason
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