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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.)

To: paulycy

“They spent years and millions on court fights and the courts said that it was OK for Bill Gates to copy Steve Jobs’ homework.”

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

So it’s really NOT Job’s homework, eh?

11 posted on 11/13/2009 6:48:52 AM PST by Leo Farnsworth (I'm not really Leo Farnsworth...)

To: paulycy; Leo Farnsworth

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

Windowing came from PARC, but the mouse was before that. In any case, Apple paid for the PARC visit. You can't steal what you paid for.

31 posted on 11/13/2009 8:49:58 PM PST by antiRepublicrat

To: paulycy

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

No, the Mouse was earlier than PARC... it was invented at Stanford by Douglas Englebart.

39 posted on 11/14/2009 10:32:02 AM PST by Swordmaker (Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!)

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