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Originally posted by twisted-mystic@Dec 29 2004, 07:15 PM
And honestly does it make a difference that MS copied allot of their ideas from Apple? And if it does, I don't hear anyone complaining about Apple getting the idea for their GUI from Xerox.
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In the long run, No. It's doesn't make a difference. Just some people (especially old Apple guys) tend to get emotional about the whole thing.
But to set the record straight, if we are being objective, Apple's negotiations with Xerox to share technology is far from the johnny-come-lately copying that Microsoft did. There's plenty of good documentation on these series of events, but here's one good resource as a summary.
http://www.mackido.com/Interface/ui_history.html
I'm a consumer, so I really don't care who gets to the top or how. I'll just buy the best thing there is at the time. And for now, it's WindowsXP.