What´s this? There was a law suit which Apple won and Microsoft lost. The interface was indeed originally developed by Xerox Palo Alto Research Center but there´s nothing to indicate that Apple got it free. All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho
-----Alkuperäinen viesti----- Lähettäjä: T Rittenhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Vastaanottaja: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Päivä: 12. tammikuuta 2003 2:31 Aihe: Re: Mac Blat >Why Mike, you didn't ask my opinion, so how can it be best? > >BTW, the reason Apple could not keep Gates from using the interface is >because they didn't invent it, Xerox did. > >Ciao, >Graywolf >http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Mike Johnston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2003 2:29 PM >Subject: OT: Mac Blat > > >> >> 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 >> >> P.S. My "Sunday Morning Photographer" column two weeks from now is called >> "The Best of 2002," in which I name a bunch of products as the best of the >> year and discuss them--best photography book, best digital camera, best >> enlarger, that sort of thing. Can you guess what won "Best Digital >> Photography Computer Workstation"? I'll give you a hint--it's not a dang >PC. >> <g> >> >> >
