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Re:Microsoft’s Bing uses Google search results—and denies it by dreyfiz on Tuesday February 01, 2011 @11:18PM (#2168955)
No "thievery" was involved, he licensed it in exchange for access to pre-IPO Apple stock.
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Re:Microsoft’s Bing uses Google search results—and denies it by Getahobby on Tuesday February 01, 2011 @11:27PM (#2168978)
I didn't mean thievery in the classic sense. Only in the sense that he/AAPL didn't come up with the innovation of the GUI as the parent was suggesting.
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Re:Microsoft’s Bing uses Google search results—and denies it by joe_the_user on Wednesday February 02, 2011 @12:56AM (#2169226)
Hmm,

How would you explain Xerox suing Apple over this?

http://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/15/business/company-news-xero...

I can't find a mention of Apple licensing anything in the wikipedia article either:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Computer,_Inc._v._Microso...

Also this claims to debunk the story: http://books.google.pl/books?id=gzAEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA3&...

"Xerox did at one time owne stock in Apple, they were purchased as an investment"

(All this followed from the Wikipedia page, I'll admit)

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Re:Microsoft’s Bing uses Google search results—and denies it by dreyfiz on Wednesday February 02, 2011 @03:51AM (#2169583)
Hmm, it looks like you're right—it's just a legend. Thanks, I stand corrected.
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