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Re: Apple's GUI (Was: Re: Limited Edition GS's (Was: Re: Old v. late IIc)

Subject: Re: Apple's GUI (Was: Re: Limited Edition GS's (Was: Re: Old v. late IIc)
From: KILPATRICK@Tank.CYBERphile.co.uk (Richard)
Date: 1996/07/11
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Organization: Cyberphile
References: <31D84630.5B5A@acclink.com> <4rt1je$6ar@atlantis.atlantis.actrix.gen.nz> <4ru185$6pn@europa.frii.com> <C071096132600.90@cottage.ecore.fnet.org <jdwong.837118310@nlsgi6>
Reply-to: rtk@scotborders.co.uk

In article <jdwong.837118310@nlsgi6>, jdwong@nlsgi6.ncsa.uiuc.edu (Jim Wong) says:

>>Some of the common lies :
>
>>Apple created the GUI (Jobs stole the idea from Xerox)
>
>"Stole" is not the term I'd use here.  Apple's GUI is based on earlier
>work at Xerox, but the implementations are vastly different.
>-- 
>Jim Wong (jd-wong@uiuc.edu)
Actually, they didn't steal anything. Steve Jobs _paid_ to license the
Xerox Alto technologies, hence they protect them _very_ seriously.

Another Apple mistruth!

Regards,
Richard

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