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From: sean@ms.uky.edu (Sean Casey)
Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Why isn't Apple suing Commodore Amiga?
Message-ID: <12398@s.ms.uky.edu>
Date: 11 Aug 89 04:25:08 GMT
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phssra@mathcs.emory.edu (Scott R. Anderson) writes:

|If I'm not mistaken, what people are worried about in this group is not the
|particular graphic image used to represent a trash can, but rather the idea of
|a trash can as a place to drag a file to delete it.  Apple's idea of "visual
|interface" includes the latter, along with overlapping windows, etc.

You know, that got me to thinking. Ever since it came out, Amigados's windowing
system has had a lot more in common with Apple's Mac displays than anything I
know of (including the trash can).

I wonder why Apple hasn't gone after CA?

Sean
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