[Am-info] Re: MS Depositions

[Paul Rickard]

========== On 2002.01.31 04:23 PM, Geoffrey typed: ============

>>     No, that suit was over Microsoft stealing QuickTime technologies. 
>> Microsoft won the suit against Apple and was able to ship operating 
>> systems that looked like ones Apple made and makes. That's the legal 
>> precedent that allows Linux vendors to release windowing systems that 
>> look just like Windows 95. Microsoft can copy Apple, but others can also 
>> copy Microsoft.
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>Care to elaborate on this one?  What is it about Linux 'window' systems 
>that comes from Microsoft?  Understanding that X was around long before 
>windows.
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>Also, Apple recently forced the removal of some window manager themes 
>that looked too much like Apple.
>
>Based on these issues, I'd like to understand the statement you've made.

   I ran Slackware once and the window manager that came with it looked 
just like 95. Even had a Start button, albeit with a penguin on it. I'm 
not sure about the legal basis for Apple's recent demands, though.


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