9 Nov
2006
9 Nov
'06
1:50 p.m.
On Thu, 9 Nov 2006, Warren Wolfe wrote:
Apple sued Microsoft over the fact that Windows
(as claimed by
Apple) had stolen the Macintosh (or Lisa) interface. Bill Gate's
defense was, when it was boiled down, that both Apple and Microsoft had
stolen the interface from Xerox. Upon hearing that, Xerox filed suit
against Apple in the middle of the Apple vs. Microsoft trial. In
typical Xerox fashion, they filed about two weeks past the deadline.
Their lack of business acumen in the computer field ensured that they
didn't really profit from some of the finest human engineering ever
done. If there WAS an agreement about the technology between Xerox and
Apple, why did they sue them for taking it?
Maybe just to blow Apple's case in the Apple V Microsoft trial?
(doesn't even matter if it's too late!)