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osViews: Apple defends use of "Unix"

updated 04:15 pm EDT, Wed April 7, 2004

 

Apple defends use of \"Unix


Kelly McNeill of osViews has written an editorial on Apple's struggle with the Open Group over . The Open Group claims that Apple is infringing upon its trademark and that the company was devaluing its asset by not adhering to the strict guidelines that it specified. "If the matter were an issue of simply adhering to a collection of standards, I can't imagine that Apple would have been reluctant to get its OS up to spec to avoid litigation, but [...] I have a hunch that it has something to do with the $100,000 yearly fee that the Open Group requires," McNeill says.


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  1. HowieDI2

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    04/07, 04:55pm | report spam | Reply |

    oh jeez!!!

    just another attempt to get some of Apple's money!!!

  1. hayesk

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    04/07, 05:05pm | report spam | Reply |

    Exhorbitant fee

    $100,000 seems hefty. If it takes an entire man-year to certify an OS as UNIX, then I guess it is a fair price. But, I doubt it takes that much time.

  1. abnyc

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    04/07, 05:11pm | report spam | Reply |

    what about posix??

    r they (c) that too?

  1. TylerDurden

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    04/07, 05:29pm | report spam | Reply |

    $100,000!!!

    "Open Group" --- $100,000... That doesn't sound very "open" to me... How about they name themselves the "Extortion Group".

  1. slider

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    04/07, 05:51pm | report spam | Reply |

    Keep your opinions

    Well, this is just a legal game and it sounds like TOG might have messed up by challenging Apple; they have the most to lose now. The second page of the artical was very informative, but I would have preferred the auther, speculating that Apple is fighting this to save $100, 000, should have kept the opinion to herself. In an unbiased article the fact should have been mentioned, she made a suggestion.

  1. Person Man

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    04/07, 08:49pm | report spam | Reply |

    It's called OS VIEWS

    "Views" implies "opinions".

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