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From: kevin@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Kevin Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next,comp.sys.mac,comp.lang.smalltalk
Subject: Re: A philosophic question
Summary: Xerox may have the last laugh
Keywords: Xerox,Apple,Lawsuit
Message-ID: <1989Dec15.144917.18306@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>
Date: 15 Dec 89 14:49:17 GMT
References: <1634@xn.LL.MIT.EDU>
Reply-To: kevin@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Kevin Harris)
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In article <1634@xn.LL.MIT.EDU> rkc@XN.LL.MIT.EDU (rkc) writes:
>
...	[ text deleted for brevity's sake]

>  I'm continuously amazed by what the folks at Xerox did, but I can't
>understand why they didn't build amazing computers and make a bundle while
>everyone else was floundering with DOS.
>  Any comments on 
>	1: Why Xerox didn't make a killing.

Funny you should mention that. As some of you may know, Xerox filed
suit against Apple in Federal Court at San Fransisco yesterday, 14Dec89.
The full details of the suit can be found in today's "Wall Street Journal,"
but in short, it charges that Apple misappropriated software to which Xerox
holds the copyright and that this software may have been insturmental in the
user interface of the Macintosh. An interesting side affect of this suit is
that if the court finds for Xerox, Apple's claims against Microsoft and 
Hewlett-Packard will be severly damaged if not moot.

>	2: What the Major improvements added by the NeXT folks are.
>	3: Other Major improvements added by Apple in developing the Mac (or LISA).
>  would be appreciated.
>
>  That'll teach you to read phillosophy questions.
>	-Rob
I realize that this is comp.sys.next and not an apple forum, but I believe
that it is pertanent (sic?) to Rob's original post.

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