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From: rogue@well.UUCP (L. Brett Glass)
Newsgroups: misc.legal,comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.apple,comp.sys.atari.st,comp.sys.hp,comp.sys.amiga,comp.windows.misc
Subject: Re: Apple Challenges HP New Wave, MS-Windows, Potentially OS/2 PM
Message-ID: <5541@well.UUCP>
Date: 27 Mar 88 05:22:28 GMT
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Reply-To: rogue@well.UUCP (L. Brett Glass)
Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link, Sausalito, CA
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If DRI, Microsoft, etc. were guilty of infringement because they used
such things as menus, trashcans, and other such devices, then Apple is
equally guilty on at least one count. The "zoom box," which causes a
window to fill the screen, first appeared in GEM. (Be sure to add this to
the list of "firsts" in comp.windows.misc.)

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