On Friday, September 7, 2012 10:32:28 AM UTC-4, Cédric Beust ♔ wrote: > > And indeed, Xerox ended up suing Apple: > > "In the midst of the *Apple v. Microsoft* lawsuit, > Xerox<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerox> also > sued Apple alleging that Mac's GUI was heavily based on Xerox's" > (source<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Computer,_Inc._v._Microsoft_Corporation> > ). > > "Xerox's lawsuit appeared to be a defensive move to ensure that if *Apple > v. Microsoft*established that "look and feel" was copyrightable, then > Xerox would be the primary beneficiary, rather than Apple. The Xerox case was > dismissed <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PARC_(company)#Adoption_by_Apple>, > for a variety of legal reasons" > > > It's pretty clear how Xerox felt about Apple stealing their ideas. > > -- > Cédric > What most people don't know is that Xeroc sold their own computer, based on the Xerox PARC ideas, in 1981 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerox_Star); the Mac didn't launch until January 1984. However, at $16k, it failed in the market; the Mac started around $2k.
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