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To: rudedog who wrote (67263)	4/13/2002 12:03:47 PM
From: John F. Dowd	Respond to of 74651

Perfect dog! JFD

To: rudedog who wrote (67263)	4/13/2002 5:58:42 PM
From: jonkai	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

On the trial, You are confusing things again. I did not see a reference where Microsoft said they copied the Apple GUI, this is a direct quote (see below) from the trial conclusions..... this can't get get any more Direct.... or clear what MSFT said here.... these are quotes from MSFT themselves in discovery information for the judge..... i did not say the ported the code, i said they copied the interface code, and they had access too this code directly from apple.... MSFT themselves said they used this code.... i am not saying it.... they are...... richmond.edu Microsoft acknowledged that the "visual displays" used in Windows 1.0 were "derivative works of the visual displays generated by Apple's Lisa and Macintosh graphic user interfaceprograms." jon.

To: rudedog who wrote (67263)	4/14/2002 1:18:31 AM
From: Dave	Respond to of 74651

Rude, I agree with most of that. Well said. But I think you are giving both Gates and Jobs too much credit. Both are brilliant, but neither is creative. Rather, each has an uncanny capacity to surround himself with brilliant teams. The difference is in the character of the people they choose. Gates surrounds himself with brilliant and ruthless strategists, while Jobs hires incredibly creative engineers. If you could take the BEST of Microsoft and Apple, without the worst of each, you could truly change the world. But unfortunately, because Microsoft's ruthless strategists have no creativity, and Apple's brilliant innovators have no marketing savvy, you end up with Microsoft making lots of money but creating nothing, and Apple inventing amazing new classes of technologies without prospering. In fact, I think Jobs has learned some lessons over the past couple of decades, and is now following an actual long-term marketing strategy. If this is true, the computer world is in for some real treats, and Apple is in for some real profits. Dave