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To: Chode
if jobs hadn't stolen the mouse and GUI ideas from Xerox and then integrated it into UNIX that statement might of been amusing instead of ironic...

NO THEFT TOOK PLACE!

Apple PAID Xerox in advance with over $3 million dollars of preferred stock for the walkthrough of Xerox and use of any ideas they saw. Xerox sued Apple later after a new CEO came aboard who became unhappy with Xerox's sale of their workstations... and lost.

23 posted on 06/11/2005 12:07:48 PM PDT by Swordmaker (tagline now open, please ring bell.)
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To: Swordmaker
true, but my point was... it's not like he invented the damn stuff either, anymore than gates did DOS when he really bought QDOS for $50,000.

jobs paid to copy but it is still copying... see what i mean???

30 posted on 06/11/2005 1:22:05 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist ©®)
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