XPost: comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: Justin@nobecauseihatespam.edu   
      
   On 1/7/12 9:31 AM, Redjak wrote:   
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   > "Justin" wrote in message news:je7nj1$f04$1@dont-email.me...   
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   >> 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.   
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   >> 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.   
      
   They even made the viruses and malware better!  YAY Windows!   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)