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From: anders@verity.com (Anders Wallgren)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Apple Computer wins ruling against 'Windows'
Message-ID: <1991Mar19.064748.12275@verity.com>
Date: 19 Mar 91 06:47:48 GMT
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In-Reply-To: strobl@gmdzi.gmd.de (Wolfgang Strobl)

In article <4323@gmdzi.gmd.de>, strobl@gmdzi (Wolfgang Strobl) writes:
>doner@henri.ucsb.edu (John Doner) writes:
>
>>As for Windows, the original version, the one current when the Apple
>>lawsuit was filed, was no more than a slavish copy.
>
>As far as I know, the Apple lawsuit wasn't filed against the original 
>version. Anyway, I would like to hear some arguments why you think that
>Windows (either version) is a "slavish copy", in your opinion.

Well, I don't know about "slavish copy," but here's the list of
interface items still under contention (from MacWeek).  I leave it to
each of you to judge the merits of them:

1.  Overlapping windows.
2.  Windows appearing partly on and off screen.
3.  Windows brought to top when selected.
4.  Active top window.
5.  Gray outline of windows dragged along with cursor.
6.  Window redrawn in new position.
7.  Newly exposed areas on screen displayed after window is moved.
8.  Movable icons.
9.  Icons displayed behind open windows.
10. Icon titles.