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From: nasa@attctc.Dallas.TX.US (Daniel Poirot)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Xerox sues Apple!!!
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Date: 18 Dec 89 15:25:24 GMT
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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...