[cctalk] Re: First non-IBM PC-DOS Compatible PC

[Paul Koning via cctalk]

> On Jun 6, 2023, at 6:13 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> 
> wrote:
> 
> "The only possible way to have 100% compatability is copyright infringement.  
> But, you can certainly come up with something that is similar enough to do 
> what you need."

That's not always true.  Another way to get it is to implement from 
sufficiently high quality specifications.  The DIX Ethernet spec, and the 
DECnet specs, are examples where if you do what they say you will have an 
interoperable implementation.

Unfortunately that level of quality is not common, but it can and has been done.

        paul