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From: jnh@ece-csc.UUCP (Joseph Nathan Hall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.windows.misc
Subject: Re: Credit where credit is due
Message-ID: <3448@ece-csc.UUCP>
Date: 18 Mar 88 20:24:04 GMT
References: <1624@thorin.cs.unc.edu> <1121@PT.CS.CMU.EDU> <1750@thorin.cs.unc.edu> <5464@well.UUCP>
Reply-To: jnh@ece-csc.UUCP (Joseph Nathan Hall)
Organization: North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
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Keywords: window human computer interface

In article <5464@well.UUCP> infowrld@well.UUCP (Sharon L. Fisher) writes:
>
>This has all taken a new turn.  Apple announced last night it was suing HP
>and Microsoft for the look and feel of New Wave and Windows 2.03, respectively.
>Won't this be fun.

Well, bully to Apple, I guess.  But I'm a little unclear how they can claim
to "own" the Mac interface.  Have they paid Xerox anything?

I'm not criticizing anyone; I'm just wondering exactly what Apple means in
reference to the "Macintosh User Interface" and in what respects Apple feels
it's proprietary.

	-joseph

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