On Tue, 9 Nov 1999, J B wrote:
> I will say...it is not correct. The whole reason Bill invested $100
> Mil was to have access to the source for MacOS. And Win2K is the first
> Windows to have Mac code in it. Yes, he was attempting to copy Mac,
> but he could not get it...the code was missing.
This is NOT correct. In fact, prior to Windows 3.1, they couldn't have
certain features like overlapping windows because the agreement with Apple
forbade it. You have the WRONG DECADE! Sheesh.
MS has had access to Apple's MacOS source *from the beginning.* That's how
they pirated QuickTime to begin with.
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