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Re: [OM] Longevity of computing devices, was More Memory (OT)

Subject: Re: [OM] Longevity of computing devices, was More Memory (OT)
From: manuel viet <manuel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 19:56:10 +0200
Le vendredi 01 octobre 2010 17:30:21, Chuck Norcutt a écrit :
> I won't attempt to argue with anything you've said because it's all
> correct... except for the bit about Microsoft stealing the Mac's
> interface.  They were both stolen from Xerox.  :-)

Untrue. This is computer lore, but in fact Apple did bought a licence for the 
GUI prior to building Macintosh. They paid with some Apple shares, at the 
time.

OTOH, Windows *did* steal the GUI concept from apple.

-- 
Manuel Viet
37 rue de Lappe
75011 Paris
manuel@xxxxxxxxxx


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