Re: TI-H: Off Topic, Windows 95 trivia

Re: TI-H: Off Topic, Windows 95 trivia

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• Subject: Re: TI-H: Off Topic, Windows 95 trivia
• From: "David Knaack" <dknaack@hotmail.com>
• Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 15:37:50 PST
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>Apple was the FIRST to use an overlapping windowing system and I 
>believe they patented the idea, 

IMO, that is silly, its like patenting the idea of a cordless
phone, or 'suicide' doors on a car, or even a command line 
interface.  It is simply too general to issue a patent on.  
I wouldn't have a problem with a patent/copyright issued on a
particular STYLE (ie, look and feel) of an overlapping window, 
as that is quite a bit more specific than just "overlapping
windows".

>But then Win 3.1 came out 
>and Apple tried to sue but the cursed courts threw it out because the 
>agreement Apple had with MS didn't specify exactly that MS couldn't 
>use it in later OSes

Interesting, I'd like to hear microsofts side of the argument.

DK

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