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Originally Posted by tortus32
I remember hearing a while back that Windows was an idea derived from the old Mac OS. Does anyone know if that's true or not?
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Yes, that's essentially true. Windows was Microsoft's response to the Macintosh.
However, it should also be pointed out that Steve Jobs got the idea for the Macintosh GUI from Xerox after a visit to their Palo Alto Research Center.