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From: umh@vax5.cit.cornell.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: User definable objects in Finder 7.0
Message-ID: <1991May4.171453.4489@vax5.cit.cornell.edu>
Date: 4 May 91 17:14:53 EDT
References: <1991May2.115300.2662@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE> <UNIERIK.91May2202150@uts.uni-c.dk>
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In article <UNIERIK.91May2202150@uts.uni-c.dk>,
unierik@uts.uni-c.dk (Erik Bertelsen) writes: 
> Yes, the idea is that you can drop any file on any application, and the
> application should start and open the file.
> 
This idea of dropping document icons on program icons began, I believe, in
MS Windows. Has Apple paid MS some license fee for using it? Would Apple care
to comment on the ethics of stealing user-interface from MS while suing MS for
doing the same to Apple?

Maynard Handley