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To: paulycy
Both Microsoft an Apple stole the look and feel from Sun Microsystems which publicly showed their future technology in the 70’s.
7 posted on 11/13/2009 6:44:41 AM PST by Leo Farnsworth (I'm not really Leo Farnsworth...)
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To: Leo Farnsworth
Both Microsoft an Apple stole the look and feel from Sun Microsystems

Actually the concept of a "window" goes back to the Xerox PARC labs. I believe the "mouse" came from there, too.

9 posted on 11/13/2009 6:46:22 AM PST by paulycy (Demand Constitutionality.)
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To: Leo Farnsworth
Both Microsoft an Apple stole the look and feel from Sun Microsystems which publicly showed their future technology in the 70’s.

Uh, no. You may be thinking of the Xerox PARC visit myth... but that was not a theft either. Apple paid Xerox 1,000,000 shares of pre IPO common stock for two eight hour visits to their PARC research facility and the rights to use what was learned there.

38 posted on 11/14/2009 10:30:30 AM PST by Swordmaker (Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!)
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