On Wed, 3 Mar 1999, Michael Yam wrote:
> Copycats are not worth the aggravation. If your margins are slim to none,
> then the copycat can't be doing much better. Keep enhancing your product,
> and use your hard won skills to develop another product.
Agreed. If you need to fight with someone, fight from your strengths
(skills), not your weaknesses (legal acuity).
(Something tells me I stole that from Sun Tzu. ;-)
> Note that Microsoft was able to blatantly copy the form factor of the Palm
> for their Palm-sized PCs... the cradle idea as well... I suppose it's like a
> camera -- they all have the same basic design but manufacturers cannot
> copyright the form.
I'm not sure whether it's fair to bring this up, but if you want to talk
about a blatant copy, talk about Royal, not Microsoft. (Or that's the
impression I get from the reviews on the web.)
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Kenneth Albanowski ([EMAIL PROTECTED], CIS: 70705,126)
