09-30-2019, 11:04 AM
Xerox did reseach in graphics/bitmapped display and mouse, yes. Did Apple copy them? No. Did did Xerox at that time have windows, or even a menubar, for instance? No. What is rather obvious is that you do not know what Xerox actually developed.
Steve Jobs and Apple did get inspiration from Xerox, but what they developed first for the Lisa and later for the Mac was not a copy. Yes, it is clear that Microsoft copied Apple'a ideas (as did others like Digital Research (Atari ST's GEM).
I did not realize that the Sony Walkman could store MP3 files, I only used them with pre-recorded cassette tapes.
Funny how the iPad gets reduced to "just a better marketed Microsoft Tablet PC". The iPhone as a "IBM Simon", and the iPod as just another MP3 player in a long string of MP3 players.
No, Apple did not invent the cellphone. They did invent a phone with new paradigms that was such a breakthrough that every phone on the market now has copied them. That is clear.
Steve Jobs and Apple did get inspiration from Xerox, but what they developed first for the Lisa and later for the Mac was not a copy. Yes, it is clear that Microsoft copied Apple'a ideas (as did others like Digital Research (Atari ST's GEM).
I did not realize that the Sony Walkman could store MP3 files, I only used them with pre-recorded cassette tapes.
Funny how the iPad gets reduced to "just a better marketed Microsoft Tablet PC". The iPhone as a "IBM Simon", and the iPod as just another MP3 player in a long string of MP3 players.
No, Apple did not invent the cellphone. They did invent a phone with new paradigms that was such a breakthrough that every phone on the market now has copied them. That is clear.