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Why did he wait so long to sue?
I think if the suit had been in the mid-90s, after failure of every pen-based system from Go to PenWindows to Newton, the suit would have been laughed out of court. Kind of like an inventor claiming that his idea for fur-handled squeegees was stolen--what's the point? Now, 15 years later, we look at Go's system and think "yes, this was the beginning of PDA's, Pocket PCs, and the Tablet PC", even though Go didn't have a chance at ever succeeding because of limitations in hardware and a small market.

Then, there's this quote from BusinessWeek in 2002:
"Not everybody is so upbeat about the Tablet PC's prospects. Jerry Kaplan, a founder of pen pioneer GO Corp., dismisses Gates's new baby as science in search of customers. 'There's no evident demand. This is technology push, not market pull,' he says.
So how can he insist that his own product would have survived with only a fraction of the hardware and features?
Posted by: Rodney Davis   Posted on: 07/03/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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You don't know your history, do you?  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 07/03/05
No I think you don't know your head from your arstechnica  jmills@... | 10/11/05
Guess this money grab  Boot_Agnostic | 07/04/05
No, it's for real and will likely succeed.  Fred Fredrickson | 07/05/05
But...  rapson | 07/05/05
Funny even then, I couldn't buy a computer with DRDOS on it. (NT)  Update victim | 07/04/05
But you could buy a computer with PCDOS  voska | 07/04/05
Go was another company  John Zern | 07/02/05
The OS SHOULDN'T be that important.  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 07/03/05
What are you talking about?  Squawkbox | 07/04/05
OH !  Update victim | 07/04/05
You mean FreeDOS counts as an OS  Boot_Agnostic | 07/04/05
Sorry You are wrong  Squawkbox | 07/04/05
No, you're wrong  Fred Fredrickson | 07/05/05
Still wrong!  ShadeTree | 07/06/05
Not any more  rapson | 07/06/05
Dell  richhayes | 07/05/05
Just because Dell doesn't offer it ...  ShadeTree | 07/05/05
AHH!  Real World | 07/05/05
Ha ha  Fred Fredrickson | 07/05/05
It's the new linux tax  Boot_Agnostic | 07/05/05
Wrong conclusion!  ShadeTree | 07/06/05
No that's not it  osreinstall | 07/07/05
And you point is??  michaeldschmidt | 07/07/05
Go could would should ve shined the Apple  Boot_Agnostic | 07/04/05
Next up...  Rodney Davis | 07/02/05
Uhhhh....  bugmenotznet | 07/02/05
That's my point...  Rodney Davis | 07/03/05
Read More About It (TM)  bugmenotznet | 07/02/05
Exactly.  GuyAlanDye | 07/03/05
Why did he wait so long to sue?  Rodney Davis | 07/03/05
Dunno  Mark Miller | 07/04/05
You refer to the DOJ several times  vferrara | 07/05/05
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But if the case had merit...  Rodney Davis | 07/06/05
Go legal action against Microsoft  ALFRED_z | 07/02/05
So what about Apple?  michaeldschmidt | 07/07/05
Let the evidence be the seed  Boot_Agnostic | 07/04/05
Billions in the bank  voska | 07/04/05
Ongoing Criminal Enterprize!  An_Axe_to_Grind | 07/05/05
I'll bite  vferrara | 07/05/05
Not to mention...  rapson | 07/05/05
One plus One does not equal three  ShadeTree | 07/06/05
Sorry this post is to the wrong response(nt)  ShadeTree | 07/06/05
Take your Meds boy!  osreinstall | 07/07/05

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