XPost: comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: Redjackson@yahoo.com   
      
   "Justin"  wrote in message news:je7nj1$f04$1@dont-email.me...   
      
   >It's true.   
   >Going all the way back to 1985, Electronic Arts came out with the IFF   
   >(Interchange File Format) based on Apple's idea/implementation of   
   >FourCC - even the IFF spec says Apple thought of it first.   
   >Of course the original name was called "OSTypes" once Microsoft saw   
   >it, they simply changed the name so they could feign ignorance of its   
   >origins.   
   >Even today, Microsoft uses the technique to identify files in   
   >DirectShow and DirectX.  Also...  Microsoft's proprietary WMV format   
   >is based in this.   
      
   >Is there *anything* Microsoft didn't steal from Apple?   
      
   They stole EVERYTHING of value from Apple, made it better, and left   
   all the crap behind to be used on OSX.  That's why Windows 7 Rules and   
   Lion is a total 40 YO loss.   
      
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