Story: What Microsoft should do with its pot of gold
Posted by: Anonymous (Saturday 11 October 2003, 2:05 PM)
FYI
Apple did not rip off the GUI from Xerox. They _licensed_ it from Xerox. Microsoft _did_ rip off the GUI from Apple.
See for example:
http://www.mackido.com/Interface/ui_history.html
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Story: What Microsoft should do with its pot of gold
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Dave..... We already have all that as you kept all... Melangell -
Nice idea, but it wont work. The reason why the Ma... Anonymous
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I'm not a MIcrosoft Fan? (Now who these days would... Anonymous
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First you want a Pentium Mac. Lacking that, you wa... Richard Long
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Errr. what do you think .NET is?
It *IS* the new p... B O'Callaghan
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Why doesnt MS start developing a grafical User Int... Anonymous
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i cannot understand why people should always expec... andrew hylton
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Microsoft have $49bn spare? Looks like they charge... Anonymous
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Nice idea, but can you really see Microsoft making... Tradewalker
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Suggesting MS "ripped off" Windows from the MAC is... Anonymous
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Hello David
I think you're wrong, but I don't have... Mathias Vestergaard
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You must also remember that a start-over will mean... Mathias Vestergaard
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Can I just correct one piece of IT folklore that i... Darren White
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FYI, whoever said Microsoft ripped the GUI from Ma... Lyndell Hockersmith
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Two thoughts, one that would make the IT world a b... jeff w
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Totally agree! Microsoft needs to start over. In... George Lien
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FYI
Apple did not rip off the GUI from Xerox. The... Anonymous -
ah David you sound like a closet Mac addict, not... Anonymous
