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Re:Could EU force hardware manufacturers to make working dri... by scarface_74 on Monday October 02, 2023 @08:20AM (#37737177)
Again you don’t know your history. Microsoft paid Apple a settlement fee as part of the overarching deal they made with Apple back in 1997.
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Re:Could EU force hardware manufacturers to make working dri... by vetinari on Monday October 02, 2023 @09:14AM (#37737642)
The 1997 settlement was about making peace between these two companies. It had nothing to do with the 1994 lawsuit.

Btw, the result was that "Apple cannot get patent-like protection for the idea of a graphical user interface, or the idea of a desktop metaphor [under copyright law].."

If you want to know how it looks when Microsoft did stole something, look at Stacker. Entirely different evidence, entirely different result, including entirely punishment.

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Re:Could EU force hardware manufacturers to make working dri... by scarface_74 on Monday October 02, 2023 @09:55AM (#37738160)
Again, you don’t know your history.

https://www.theregister.com/1998/10/29/microsoft_paid_apple_...

Your batting average isn’t too high on this topic.

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