I'm not sure how much Windows was directly influenced by the work of Xerox and not by Mac OS (also considering MS was basically on board on the Macintosh from d

I'm not sure how much Windows was directly influenced by the work of Xerox and not by Mac OS (also considering MS was basically on board on the Macintosh from day one). Let's say Apple paved the way for Microsoft in terms of economic viability of a GUI ;)