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To: Prime Choice
The sad part is, it wasn't even Bill's idea. He stole it from the creators of the Macintosh.

Sigh. Get it straight already. Apple licensed these ideas from Xerox. Microsoft, in turn, licensed these ideas from Apple.
70 posted on 01/05/2005 5:05:21 PM PST by Bush2000
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To: Bush2000; Prime Choice
I just love it when all these techies get together on one thread.

It gives me a chance to stay out of the way (and out of trouble).

Q: Who invented the mouse?

74 posted on 01/05/2005 5:20:46 PM PST by Happy2BMe ("Islam fears democracy worse than anything-It castrates their stranglehold at the lowest level.")
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To: Bush2000
The sad part is, it wasn't even Bill's idea. He stole it from the creators of the Macintosh.

Sigh. Get it straight already. Apple licensed these ideas from Xerox. Microsoft, in turn, licensed these ideas from Apple.

Apple licensed certain parts of its GUI to Microsoft for use in Windows 1.0. Microsoft then went merrily on its way in ripping off Apple's look-and-feel.

In other words, my point stands: if there hadn't been an Apple GUI, the idea to emulate it (poorly) wouldn't have occurred to Microsoft.

76 posted on 01/05/2005 5:50:34 PM PST by Prime Choice (The DNC! Where boys and girls look the same! That's a little strange isn't it?)
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