14 Jul
2016
14 Jul
'16
7:14 p.m.
On Thu, 14 Jul 2016, Chuck Guzis wrote:
GEM for the Atari ST is essntially a clone of MS-DOS
functionality for
the 68K with a graphics enhancement tacked on. Yet I've never heard any
accusations that DRI "pirated" MS-DOS.
Ah, but what a funny lawsuit!!
A tempest in a teapot.
At least from where I sit,
To most people, assembly language and operating systems are "complex and
mysterious"
Many don't grasp the concept of reverse engineering, and assume piracy.
I think that Paterson was well able to write work-alike code.