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Apple vs Microsoft Lawsuit 1988

The lawsuit filed by Apple against Microsoft in 1988, alleging that Microsoft had copied 189 GUI elements in Windows 2.0.

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Microsoft created Windows by stealing and copying Apple hardware and software.

The simple claim that " created Windows by stealing and copying hardware and software" overstates what happened: Windows and the Macintosh both drew on earlier research at , Microsoft had begun work o...