Newsgroups: comp.sys.m68k
Path: utzoo!censor!meadow!py
From: py@meadow.uucp (Peter Yeung)
Subject: Re: I have designed a MAC FX
Message-ID: <1991Mar4.181052.826@meadow.uucp>
Reply-To: py@meadow.UUCP (Peter Yeung)
Organization: Amdahl Canada Ltd., Software Development Center
References: <steveh.667927814@tasman>
Distribution: comp
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 91 18:10:52 GMT

In article <steveh.667927814@tasman> steveh@tasman.cc.utas.edu.au (Steven Howell) writes:
>
>
>The question is is it worthing paying a 68040 programmer to write a os
>system to patch apples operating roms to mine. its in the area of
>$2000 in Australia. What i would like to know is if I can be sued
>even though the software is diffrent and the hardware diffrent, but
>still does EXACTLY the same job. I know apple will do
>anuthing to eliminate any efforts of any copies being attempted
>of their system, and I am keen to put may mac frankinstein in hackers
>hands as, It.. simply works. I Have spent may hours drawing schmatics
>of the system and using protel to produce a board. 
>

The answer is: you cannot afford the legal cost of fighting with Apple (except
you have a pocket as deep as Microsoft). I think Apple will be bring you to 
court as soon as you plan to market your efforts. It does not matter whether
you will win in court or not: the legal will kill you before you can see a
cent coming in. That is the sad state of the current micro-computer market, be
it hardware or software. B-(

>
>	Do any of you 68000 programmers recon its visable.  ?
>
>
>
>			steveh


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