"michael adams" wrote in message
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The original idea which originated with motor manufacturers in the US
was to prevent manufacturers from monopolising repairs by forcing them,
and everyone else, to publish all the documentation covering their products
which would be required by independent repairers. Should they be repairable

Strangely enough none of this seems to take account of the original
IBM PC and subsequebt clones which apart from proprietory ROMs
were deliberately designed so as to be easily assembled by anyone capable
of wielding a screwdriver, from parts from a variety of manufacturers
bought off the shelf. So "the right to build your own" then.

And then along came Apple.


michael adams

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