XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: this@ddress.is.invalid   
      
   s|b  wrote:   
   > On Fri, 31 Oct 2025 23:37:39 +1100, Felix wrote:   
   >   
   > > windoze was copied from Apple Mac   
   >   
   > Ladies and gentlemen, what a comeback!   
      
     And misinformed to boot!   
      
     Apple's GUI elements were *licensed to* Microsoft, not copied. (And of   
   course these GUI elements were *part* of the Macintosh' OS, not the   
   whole OS.)   
      
     After the fact, Apple sued Microsoft (and Hewlett-Packard) and lost   
   all the way to the Supreme Court.   
      
   [First part of the 'AI Overview' from a Google search on 'apple   
   microsoft lawsuit over windows':]   
      
   "In 1988, Apple sued Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard for copyright   
    infringement, claiming Windows' graphical user interface (GUI)   
    illegally copied Apple's Macintosh. However, the lawsuit was largely   
    unsuccessful for Apple because a 1985 agreement between the companies   
    covered many of the disputed elements in Windows. The court ultimately   
    ruled that most of Apple's claims were covered by the license or were   
    uncopyrightable ideas, establishing that the basic concept of a GUI was   
    not patentable."   
      
     But let's make a similar - but more realistic - 'comeback':   
      
     "Linux was copied from Unix."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)