On 12 Feb 2009 at 17:12, dhbailey wrote: > Blake Richardson wrote: > >> Actually it was original at the Xerox PARC (Palo Alto > >> Research Center) and Apple stole it from them and then > >> Microsoft stole it from Apple > > > > No, Apple *licensed* it from Xerox. That's why Xerox never sued Apple. They > > were paid for letting Apple use their design. Unlike what Microsoft did. > > I apologize -- I've been misinformed all these years. Did > Xerox sue Microsoft? I had always heard it was Apple who > sued Microsoft.
Xerox had no standing, because what MS copied without permission was the Apple Lisa. -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
