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From: doug@edson.UUCP (Doug Konrad)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple,comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.windows.misc
Subject: Re: Apple Lawsuit (was BOYCOTT APPLE, etc.)
Message-ID: <127@edson.UUCP>
Date: 21 Apr 88 01:00:09 GMT
References: <292@unicom.UUCP> <663@csm9a.UUCP> <4283@dandelion.CI.COM> <10500@steinmetz.ge.com>
Organization: Dept. of E.E., U of Alberta, Edmonton,Canada
Lines: 12
Keywords: Microsoft, HP New Wave, Xerox, Lawsuit
Summary: did apple invent, or design?

In article <10500@steinmetz.ge.com>, vita@macbeth.steinmetz (Mark F. Vita) writes:
> 
> *Sigh*, again.  No, I do mean "Apple-invented technology".  I say
> again: Xerox did not invent the Macintosh interface.  (Though it is
> true that the Mac interface is based on many of the concepts developed
> by Xerox at PARC during the 70s.)  Saying that Xerox invented the Mac
> interface is somewhat akin to saying that Henry Ford invented the
> Mustang.
> 
The Mustang wasn't invented, it was designed. From what was learned from
Henry's original work. Ditto the mac interface and Xerox.

Doug Konrad