EnzymeX Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 Why has Apple never sued MS for these blatent ripoffs?????? I'll tell you why! They tried once... way back with Windows 95... but Mr. Gates was a very very smart man... You see, Steve Jobs gave Billy a couple of Lisa's (Macintosh's codename) so he could write his Office software for them... Billy took some of the graphical features from the Lisa, and put them in Windows 3... Stevey got mad and sued... what did he want? He got Excel exclusivly for the Mac for 3 years... and Billy got immunity from any other lawsuits Apple could throw at them for any graphic similarities between Windows and MacOS. 3 years later, Windows95 came out, as well as MacOS8... Steve tried to sue, lost becuase of billy's smarts... appealed, lost again... then the SUPREME COURT said, sorry Steve, you screwed yourself... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48781-why-has-apple-never-sued-ms-for-these-blatent-ripoffs/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neonkoala Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 So what's your point? This is years old... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48781-why-has-apple-never-sued-ms-for-these-blatent-ripoffs/#findComment-349211 Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnzymeX Posted April 18, 2007 Author Share Posted April 18, 2007 Thought passers by of the forum who may not have heard about this might find it interesting.... would u like me to delete it then? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48781-why-has-apple-never-sued-ms-for-these-blatent-ripoffs/#findComment-349216 Share on other sites More sharing options...
robotskip Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 You should probably delete it for being ambiguous, old, inaccurate, etc. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48781-why-has-apple-never-sued-ms-for-these-blatent-ripoffs/#findComment-349219 Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Nonny Moose Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 They did. But before Apple sued them, they essentially gave persmission for MS to do it beforehand, if I remember my Apple history right. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48781-why-has-apple-never-sued-ms-for-these-blatent-ripoffs/#findComment-349258 Share on other sites More sharing options...
maciti Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 Nice story Keep on MaCDo Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48781-why-has-apple-never-sued-ms-for-these-blatent-ripoffs/#findComment-349282 Share on other sites More sharing options...
user2 Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 So why didn't Xerox sue Apple? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48781-why-has-apple-never-sued-ms-for-these-blatent-ripoffs/#findComment-349294 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbmkgd Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 Apple sued MS. Xerox sued Apple. Both lost (/edit: correction: xerox did it too late). A few (very few) details here: wikipedia Apple Computer, Inc. v. Microsoft Corp. Of course, more biased (and not necessarily incorrect, I have no idea) account of these can be found elsewhere, and will for still a long time be the subject of long [insert favorite qualifier here] discussions. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48781-why-has-apple-never-sued-ms-for-these-blatent-ripoffs/#findComment-349308 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Ingus Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 Xerox sued Apple. Xerox sued Apple? I'd like to see some references on that What would Xerox sue Apple for when Xerox FREELY sold everything to Apple? Apple didn't steal anything like when microsoft stole from Apple. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48781-why-has-apple-never-sued-ms-for-these-blatent-ripoffs/#findComment-349315 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbmkgd Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 I was just saying who sued who, not trying to judge whether or not they were right in doing so. As for references, Google them... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48781-why-has-apple-never-sued-ms-for-these-blatent-ripoffs/#findComment-349317 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Ingus Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 I was just saying who sued who, not trying to judge whether or not they were right in doing so.As for references, Google them... In post #8 you flatly stated that 'Xerox sued Apple' as if it was a fact That puts the responsibility of backing up your so-called fact on YOU. Otherwise then what you've posted is just a lie Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48781-why-has-apple-never-sued-ms-for-these-blatent-ripoffs/#findComment-349323 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbmkgd Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 Again, use Google... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48781-why-has-apple-never-sued-ms-for-these-blatent-ripoffs/#findComment-349465 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandmanfvrga Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 Seems like MyMac8MyPC needs to use Google and stop using rolleyes smileys doesn't it? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48781-why-has-apple-never-sued-ms-for-these-blatent-ripoffs/#findComment-349505 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cringemaster Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 This kinda arguing and {censored} makes apple user look bad.. Seriously though, before mac os, apple paid zerox to have a slose look at their gui, then apple used many of those ideas for mac os. the mac/windows {censored} is old news aswell, and pretty thoroughly known. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48781-why-has-apple-never-sued-ms-for-these-blatent-ripoffs/#findComment-349615 Share on other sites More sharing options...
track09 Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 Simply put, subtle differences make intellectual property rights so damn hard to prove your own. (The look in feel varying even slightly). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48781-why-has-apple-never-sued-ms-for-these-blatent-ripoffs/#findComment-349648 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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