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To: RegulatorCountry
"Apple has a history of lifting technology from other's efforts, witness the mouse and GUI interface that Apple borrowed from Xerox PARC, OSX borrrows heavily from Unix."

Sounds like you're confusing Microsoft with Apple. And, OSX actually IS BSD Unix.

No confusion at all, it was Apple that visited the PARC lab on that fateful day.

Like millions of others, I could be easily confused by all the permutations of Unix, which I consider a difference without a distinction.

33 posted on 01/19/2007 1:09:53 PM PST by TC Rider (The United States Constitution © 1791. All Rights Reserved.)
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To: TC Rider
No confusion at all, it was Apple that visited the PARC lab on that fateful day.

Apple and Parc

Bruce Horn's Statement on the source of the Mac user interface.

Jeff Raskin's Commentary on the creation of the Mac interface.

Horn's response to Raskin.

When asked about Apple's "theft" of the Parc ideas, Steve Wozniak stated:

"Steve Jobs made the case to Xerox PARC execs directly that they had great technology but that Apple knew how to make it affordable enough to change the world. This was very open. In the end, Xerox got a large block of Apple stock for sharing the technology. That's not stealing outright.

"Apple didn't get any stock from Microsoft. Nor was Apple dealt with openly in this area by Microsoft. "
- Source Woz.org

Your characterization of the Parc visit as "lifting" the GUI is untrue.

45 posted on 01/22/2007 9:24:52 PM PST by Swordmaker (Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!)
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