Yeah !
I still have a couple of them... Two 1.4 MB 3.5 floppy disks... one 'internal'
hard disk, an external 40 MB hard disk, one CD Drive, a Video Overlay Card, tons
of software... GS/OS 6, HyperCard GS...
Hey, I am far away from this year WWDC ;)
Cheers,
Emile
Peter De Berdt wrote:
realbasic-nug-request at lists dot realsoftware dot com wrote:
Subject: Re: [OT] Dashboard [Was Re: [OT] WWDC Reactions?]
From: Travis Hill <realbasic at mediaenforcer dot com>
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 14:16:59 -0600
On 6/28/04 1:56 PM, "Charlie Boisseau" <lists at 006 dot co dot uk> wrote:
I don't think Apple would execute such a blatant rip-off of someone
else's intellectual property. Is it possible Apple bought it? Does
anyone know - I'd be quite interested to find out.
Remember, as the Apple vs. Microsoft case demonstrated, you can't
copyright
a "look and feel". So since Apple lost that case years ago,
In "From Coca Cola To Apple" John S. wrote something like (from memory):
"Bill Gates came to me and tol me: "I can create a Macintosh Word and
Excel version for you if you give me a Macintosh OS license."".
This is the base start of what is now know as Windows XP. (the
original fault).
But to really understand that, you must come back to 1984/1985 context
(lay off at Apple because of business down)...
Also, some of the graphical interface, mouse, and so on (what some
people could call "look and feel") was already developed before 1981
and exists before Apple use them.
_BUT_ Apple improve them, add many things, make them a whole working
concept and develop a hardware computer that make what is around 100%
of the computer sales todays.
Also, Apple also implemented the graphical interface (pull down menus,
windows, mouse, etc.) in another platform they own: Apple IIe and
Apple //c and they even add a Finder to the OS used in Apple IIgs
(GS/OS) way back in 1985, 1986, 1990.
Oh yes, the good old Apple IIGS :) First computer my dad bought, first
computer I used all day... I remember the astonishment on PC users'
faces when I showed them the color screen and the sound card (back in
those days, adlib didn't exist yet and most pcs only had hercules
graphics).
We were lucky to have 2 disk drives and a whopping 1 MB of RAM.
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