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From: woody@nntp-server.caltech.edu (William Edward Woody)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: A sad day...
Message-ID: <1991Mar9.023241.26769@nntp-server.caltech.edu>
Date: 9 Mar 91 02:32:41 GMT
References: <46878@nigel.ee.udel.edu> <1991Mar8.224947.9610@digi.lonestar.org>
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
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In article <1991Mar8.224947.9610@digi.lonestar.org> jgay@digi.lonestar.org (john gay) writes:
>From article <46878@nigel.ee.udel.edu>, by johnston@oscar.ccm.udel.edu (Bill Johnston):
>> 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),
>                                                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>Then why has Xerox sued apple for the derivitive use of their (Xerox's)
>interface?

Xerox DID, but the suit was thrown out for technical reasons.  Xerox is going
to refile, last I heard...

						-- Bill

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