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Re: Piece sorting methods
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Date: 
Mon, 21 Dec 1998 01:25:04 GMT
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On Thu, 17 Dec 1998 10:44:40 GMT, "Mark de Kock" <mkock@tulip.com>
wrote:

Are ya sure they bought it? Or did they just steal it, like Windows itself?

<devil's advocate> They didn't steal windows. They stole the "look 'n'
Feel" of windows. (sound familiar? :) ) Anyway, The company they stole
it from also stole it from someone else, so why they even _bothered_to
sue is beyong me.... (1)</devil's>


Jasper

(1) Think Xerox PARC.



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Also sprach Jasper Janssen: : <devil's advocate> They didn't steal windows. They stole the "look 'n' : Feel" of windows. (sound familiar? :) ) Anyway, The company they stole : it from also stole it from someone else, so why they even _bothered_to : (...) (26 years ago, 21-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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(...) Are ya sure they bought it? Or did they just steal it, like Windows itself? Mark "WinErr:007 System price error - Inadequate money spent on hardware" (26 years ago, 17-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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