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From: bob@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Bob Sutterfield)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.windows.misc
Subject: Re: A/UX window systems, Mac toolbox, etc
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Date: 2 Mar 88 05:41:55 GMT
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In article <579@eplrx7.UUCP> lad@eplrx7.UUCP (Lawrence A. Dziegielewski) writes:
>Apple sued DRI for blatantly ripping off the Mac user interface,
>something it has the right to do.

Nobody has yet been able to explain to me why Xerox didn't sue Aple
for "blatantly ripping off" the UI features developed, or at least
solidified, during PARC's glory days.  You know the ones: pull-down
menus, icons, and such-like stuff.  I know that stuff wasn't unique to
Xerox; but apparently Jobs got inspired for The Look And Feel while
taking a tour of PARC, and they do look awfully darned similar.

It seems awfully strange that Apple borrows PARC's work, then gets
uptight enough to sue when DRI borrows Apple's instantiation of PARC's
work.
-- 
 Bob Sutterfield, Department of Computer and Information Science
 The Ohio State University; 2036 Neil Ave. Columbus OH USA 43210-1277
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