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Wait a second. Can't let you completely get away with the MS stealing UI from Apple comment when SJobs stole it from Xerox/PARC first. Although to be fair he do
by Getahobby 16y ago
Wait a second. Can't let you completely get away with the MS stealing UI from Apple comment when SJobs stole it from Xerox/PARC first. Although to be fair he does readily admit the thievery.
- dreyfiz 16y agoNo "thievery" was involved, he licensed it in exchange for access to pre-IPO Apple stock.
- Getahobby 16y agoI didn't mean thievery in the classic sense. Only in the sense that he/AAPL didn't come up with the innovation of the GUI as the parent was suggesting.
- joe_the_user 16y agoHmm, How would you explain Xerox suing Apple over this? http://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/15/business/company-news-xerox-sues-apple-computer-over-macintosh-copyright.html?scp=3&sq=apple+xerox&st=nyt http://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/15/business/company-news-xero... I can't find a mention of Apple licensing anything in the wikipedia article either: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Computer,_Inc._v._Microsoft_Corporation#cite_note-xeroxsuesapple-1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Computer,_Inc._v._Microso... Also this claims to debunk the story: http://books.google.pl/books?id=gzAEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA3&hl=it&pg=PA8#v=onepage&q&f=false http://books.google.pl/books?id=gzAEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA3&... "Xerox did at one time owne stock in Apple, they were purchased as an investment" (All this followed from the Wikipedia page, I'll admit)
- dreyfiz 16y agoHmm, it looks like you're right—it's just a legend. Thanks, I stand corrected.