GeoDudeFlorida
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You should re-read, “West of Eden.” It was Wozniak and Markula who wanted to keep the Apple OS in-house. The reasoning behind not releasing the Lisa code had to do with how they acquired it: they bought the WYSIWYG rights from Xerox. The code wasn’t Apple’s to give away.Yes I know, but doing so can be counterproductive. Early on Steve Jobs to maintain total control of the Apple computer (before it was called Mac I think) wouldn't license it, so the IBM PC ended up controlling the consumer market.
We (I) dont even know if the Lee product is patented. Patents are of course public and are infringed all the time by US or internationals. If you really want protection, it must be kept as a trade secret and locked in Mr. Lee's safe. But either way, anyone can still reverse engineer the actual product and tweak it enough to avoid litigation. Better to license in the first place.
Overall I figure competitors just don't see a big enough market or we'd have Redding's version with a micrometer adjuster. Then I'd buy two more.
There’s a lot more to every story than can be told in a forum post. Typically the truth is a lot simpler than the facts will indicate.