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Re:The Next Six Months by rahoulb on Thursday February 10, 2011 @02:50AM (#2201196)
Disagree. Apple paid Xerox for the GUI (in shares) but then added a number of elements we consider an integral part of the GUI.

Xerox had overlapping windows, a mouse, networking and Smalltalk.

Apple lost the network and Smalltalk (later to reappear as Appletalk and Obj-C) but added icons, pull-down menus and the desktop metaphor.

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