Thread: Change of heart at Apple?
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Old 04-26-2012, 10:33 AM   #30
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Originally Posted by fjtorres View Post
BTW, Apple has always been lawsuit-happy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_C..._Computer_Corp.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-31021_3-20003807-260.html

They have sued over colors, corners, trashcans, even overlapping windows.
Software compatibility and reverse-engineering, too.

That is who they are, that is how they roll.
I wonder how many people even remember that Apple themselves stole the window GUI interface, which was actually developed at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center.
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