20 Jan
2010
20 Jan
'10
12:38 p.m.
One thing that I did notice the writer got completely wrong and forgot to
comment on: The version of Windows that caused the suit was *not* v1, but
v3. Windows v1 was a tiling text interface on top of MS-DOS, and looked
not
the least like anything from Apple or Xerox.
Without necessarily disagreeing with your premise, there are some very
noticeable similarities in v1 already, though. One example is the Get Info
pop-ups, very Mac OS in spirit, never to be seen again in future editions of
Windows.
Neither Windows 1 nor 2 sported proportional typefaces yet, either, which
contributed to them feeling like "text" interfaces.
One book that debunks many of the myths/misconceptions surrounding the
entire Xerox/Apple/Microsoft debacle is Michael Malone?s excellent *Infinite
Loop. *Very recommended.
Marcin