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From: pschwart@vms.macc.wisc.edu (Paul Schwartz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: A sad day...
Message-ID: <1991Mar8.154857.26451@macc.wisc.edu>
Date: 8 Mar 91 15:40:49 GMT
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In article <46878@nigel.ee.udel.edu>, johnston@oscar.ccm.udel.edu (Bill Johnston) writes:
> 
> The programming effort that led to the Mac OS cost alot of money 
> that was rolled into the cost of every Mac.  It can be argued (weakly) 
> that Mac OS was based on the Xerox Star interface (Apple PAID to use it),
                                                           ^^^^ 
> but WINDOWS is inarguably based on the Macintosh OS.     ????

    Since when did Apple pay for the Star interface???  In Steve Job's biography
he said the Mac interface was completely changed after a visit to PARC.  AND,
last year Xerox decided to sue Apple for swiping the interface, but the statue
of limitations had expired or some other legal nonsense.  So get off you high
horse, Apple is no holier than Microsoft.

    						- Z -

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