Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!snorkelwacker!bloom-beacon!eru!luth!d87-khd
From: d87-khd@sm.luth.se (Karl-Gunnar Hultland)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Xerox sues Apple!!!
Message-ID: <691@tau.sm.luth.se>
Date: 20 Dec 89 10:50:12 GMT
References: <6767@tank.uchicago.edu> <9097@asylum.SF.CA.US> <10644@attctc.Dallas.TX.US>
Reply-To: Karl-Gunnar Hultland <d87-khd@tau.luth.se>
Organization: University of Lulea, Sweden
Lines: 28
UUCP-Path: {uunet,mcvax}!sunic.se!tau.luth.se!d87-khd

In article <10644@attctc.Dallas.TX.US> nasa@attctc.Dallas.TX.US (Daniel Poirot) writes:
>In article <9097@asylum.SF.CA.US> sharon@asylum.UUCP (Sharon Fisher) writes:
>>In article <6767@tank.uchicago.edu> gft_robert@gsbacd.uchicago.edu writes:
>>>
>>>OK, if Xerox were to win, wouldn't they also claim copyright over Windows,
>>>NeXT Step, etc.?  I mean, these may be different from Apple's interface, but
>>>all seem to be similar to STAR (and to Macintosh).
>>
>>NeXT is already paying licensing fees to Xerox, and has been since
>>almost the very beginning.
>
>As does IBM, HP and Microsoft...

What about Commodore, do they pay something to Xerox.
They obviously use almost the same user interface as
the M*c.

				Karl


<$><$><$><$><$><$><$><$><$><$><$><$><$><$><$><$><$><$><$><$><$><$><$><$><$><$>
< Karl 'Kalle' Hultland    <$>                                               >
< Dept. of Comp. sci.      <$> d87-khd@sm.luth.se |                          >
< University of Lulea      <$> {uunet,mcvax}!sunic.se!sm.luth.se!d87-khd     >
< Sweden                   <$>                                               >
<$><$><$><$><$><$><$><$><$><$><$><$><$><$><$><$><$><$><$><$><$><$><$><$><$><$>
<      If two people agree on EVERYTHING , one of them is OBSOLETE!!         >
<$><$><$><$><$><$><$><$><$><$><$><$><$><$><$><$><$><$><$><$><$><$><$><$><$><$>