Paul wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 23 Jul 2000, Dacia and AzureRose wrote:
> 
> >Yes, apple sued microsoft in the early 80's for
> >stealing the GUI from them but microsoft argued
> >successfully that GUI is the future of computing and
> >as such copyrighting it is akin to trying to copyright
> >"book" or "magazine".  This ruling is atleast
> >partially responsible for Linux being able to be
> >distributed with macOS and winOS style GUI's without
> >fear of legal reprisals.
> >
> >Cool huh?
> 
> Yes, really cool. It is a funny thing to realize that with GUI's, Xerox
> for the first time came up with something "original"  *grin*
> 
> Paul
> 
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I wonder what happened with Xerox? So many original ideas. They must be
concentrating more on business solutions.
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Roman 
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