Microsoft DID have to pay Apple - after a court decision. Easy it wasn´t. All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho
-----Alkuperäinen viesti----- Lähettäjä: Peter Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Vastaanottaja: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Päivä: 12. tammikuuta 2003 2:28 Aihe: Re: OT: Mac Blat >It would be really hard to get Gates (Microsoft) to pay Apple royalties since >the MAC interface is a simplified version of the LISA interface (also Apple), >which was a complete copy of Xerox's experimental interface from their Palo >Alto >Research Center. Neither organization would want to open that can of worms. >(Although in the suit by Apple Microsoft could always claim prior art, but that >would expose both sets of pirates). > >At 01:29 PM 1/11/2003 -0600, you wrote: >> >> how hard it is to use a Mac >> > >> > This is a classic oxymoron! >> >> >>Cotty, >>Considering that "Windows" is a blatant rip-off of the Mac interface that >>Gate's lawyers somehow weaseled him out of paying for, the ease of use of >>_all_ computers is directly related to the ease of use of Macs. Even though >>Windows is still inferior in every way. >> >>In virtually every creative field, there are true innovators, then there are >>the often rapacious, often more energetic and less principled imitators that >>follow on their heels and opportunistically appropriate the market. Windows >>PCs are second-rate consumer products. The Microsoft OS is third-rate. The >>real personal computers are Macs. >> >>Macs are superior products. They work better, they are more elegant, they >>are more pleasant to work with, they're designed better. The OS is much more >>stable and elegant and the interface is far better. Even as objects they are >>much more aesthetically pleasing to have in the home. Now that so many >>outside companies are writing software for them and Apple is no longer >>controlling the compatibility standards, I'm finally experiencing crashes on >>my Mac. But I worked with a Mac Quadra for _six years_ at the magazine, nine >>hours a day, five days a week, and guess how many crashes or freezes I ever >>experienced? None. Zero. It never happened. No downtime, ever, period, >>except one time when the starter battery on the motherboard ran dry. Try >>that with a PC. As soon as I go 100% OSX native, I hope to reclaim that. >> >>I understand that many people have to use PCs because their work demands it, >>their computers are provided by their employers or their workplaces are >>standardized on PCs, they need certain software that is only available for >>PCs, or simply because they've always used PCs and it's difficult to switch >>platforms. There are lots of good reasons for being stuck with PCs. But >>"stuck" is the word. To me, PCs are just appliances. They betray poor taste >>and a lack of aesthetic sense in their makers, if not their owners. They're >>crass. I thank my lucky stars I started with Macs and I will never switch >>unless I am absolutely forced to do so, and then I'll wait until the >>absolute last possible moment. >> >>--Mike >>
