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psyjax:
Ya, interesting to how Xerox sold that funny GUI idea to Apple back in the day. To bad THAT never caught on  

swayda:
Actually a disgruntled Xerox employee stole the code for the GUI and became an Apple employee, least if I remember correctly. When Apple threatened to sue M$ over the GUI thing Xerox told Apple that if they did they would be sued by Xerox.

psyjax:

quote:Originally posted by swayda:
Actually a disgruntled Xerox employee stole the code for the GUI and became an Apple employee, least if I remember correctly. When Apple threatened to sue M$ over the GUI thing Xerox told Apple that if they did they would be sued by Xerox.
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Nope thats an urban legend I am afraid. Apple DID in fact sue M$, the suit started at Win32 and ended when Apple hit financial problems. They forced M$ to settle by buying nin-voting stock, and releasing Mac versions of their software.

Heres a fairly accurate treatmrnt of this subject:

http://www.mackido.com/Interface/ui_history.html

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