Re: Dickens Windowing Patent License Fee Request

At 1:17 PM +0000 12/2/99, Chuck Lewis wrote:

>THAT had to be the BIGGEST crock in some time - Apple suing 
>Microsoft over the >"window  interface" when the whole thing came 
>from the Palo Alto Research >project...

Chuck,

    Apple paid Xerox for the use of that particular innovation, so 
they had the rights to it.  Also, many of the user interface 
refinements that are taken for granted now were added by Apple.  This 
includes "click and drag" as opposed to the Xerox "click-move-click" 
modal interface.  See <http://www.starway.org/~arnaud/Raskin.html>

    In turn, Apple granted a license to Microsoft to use the interface 
in Windows, mainly in return for Microsoft developing Word for the 
Mac.  The dispute arose because Apple claimed that their agreement 
allowed Microsoft to use the interface only in Windows 1.0, and not 
later releases.

    Regards,

    - Lou Forlini
      Software Engineer
      System Support Products, Inc.
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