Richard Crowley wrote:


In which case Apple had no legal standing. It should have
been Xerox vs. MS. OTOH, their "acquisition" of DOS
from Digital Research was no less questionable.


Seattle Computer developed QDOS, which is what Moft acquired. Gary
Kildall (DR) was just asleep at the switch.

As for the PARC GUI, Apple really took it and ran with it, after which
Moft just tried to copy it. Maybe the RIAA should have been a witness.