[Incorrigible]

The movie actually showed how Jobs and Gates when on a pilgrimage to XEROX PARC (Palo Alto Research Center) and saw what was the first usable graphical interface for a microprocessor based computer.  Both Jobs and Gates went forward to develop their respective GUIs.  The difference is that Apple got sued by XEROX for infringing on their look and feel.

I guess we know who was doing the stealing now don't we.

 

[Petronski]

The movie actually showed how Jobs and Gates when on a pilgrimage to XEROX PARC (Palo Alto Research Center) and saw what was the first usable graphical interface for a microprocessor based computer. Both Jobs and Gates went forward to develop their respective GUIs.

What movie showed that?

[illiac]

Yup! It was a mess. However, Bill and Co. did go into Apple labs during the meeting with Jobs and got what code they did. Unfortunately, for Bill, they did not get it all, which is why Windows in an ever-developing product. BTW, Jobs actually took the idea of a personal computer to Hewlett and Packard when he worked at HP. HP scoffed at the idea, and thus Apple was formed.

[Swordmaker]

The movie actually showed how Jobs and Gates when on a pilgrimage to XEROX PARC (Palo Alto Research Center) and saw what was the first usable graphical interface for a microprocessor based computer. Both Jobs and Gates went forward to develop their respective GUIs. The difference is that Apple got sued by XEROX for infringing on their look and feel.

The difference is that Apple WON that lawsuit because they paid Xerox for the tours and for anything they learned on the tour with 1.5 million shares of Pre-IPO Apple Preferred stock... and in addition showed that the look and feel of Mac OS and Xerox Star's GUI were not similar. The lawsuit was brought by a later Xerox CEO who was unaware of the agreement and payment. Xerox sold the stock after Apple's IPO in 1980 for a large profit.