on 05/09/01 21:54, Seth Vidal at skvidal_at_phy.duke.edu wrote:
>> And how, precisely do you propose someone get this "code dump"?? Now,
>> maybe, just maybe, someone, somewhere has an ARM binary - ARM assembly
>> parser. But I fail to see how possessing such a "code dump" will get Apple
>> to release NOS or the HWR into the public domain. In fact, just the
>> opposite! Anyone who did that and was foolish to make it known would have
>> hordes of flesh-eating Apple lawyers coming in thru the windows to suck the
>> marrow from their bones. And that's just in the pre-trial posturing!
>
> I was proposing asking apple for it.
>
> not dumping it from the current newtons.
>
> just asking if they were willing to do so.
>
> just like other companies have been persuaded to do the same.
There were a few companies that made an offer to buy the Newton assets.
Apple didn't even bother to reply. So, you will have to be very persuasive.
Sorry, but all the people that have been here since the Newton's demise have
seen all those attempts failing one after the other. Apple is pretty
stubborn in those kind of things. I don't want to seem cynical or hard on
you, but after all those years, we know that Apple won't budge an inch.
Sorry to rain on your parade, but I think you should know what to expect if
you decide to go ahead with that project, so you'll be at least better
prepared.
-Laurent.
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