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From: murat@farcomp.UUCP (Murat Konar)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Apple/Microsoft Lawsuit
Keywords: Apple Microsoft Windows GUI Look-and-Feel Lawsuit
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Date: 14 Dec 90 08:10:51 GMT
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>This is not true. Apple was never partially owned by Xerox. Apple did

Bzzt!  Xerox was an early investor in Apple.

An interesting twist:  During the bad old days (just after the original Mac was
released and it looked like Apple was in trouble), Apple considered buying
Xerox (!) for its distribution and service arms.  Had it happened, Apple would
have been able to claim ownership of the research that ended up in the Lisa
and the Mac.

Disclaimer:  This information was gleaned from John Sculley's book "Odyssey:
From Pepsi to Apple" or somthing like that.  Im sure I botched some of the 
details. For this I apologize.



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