The GEM OS was a decent windows metaphor implementation, for its time, who went out of existence because Apple sued the maker, Digital Research (DR), to smithereens even though Apple did not "own" the the windows metaphor. Xerox who did "own" it, lost it. Adding insult to injury, DR even had to pay Apple about $250k for court costs. This is the same DR that was snookered by Bill Gates (BG) into relinquishing the DOS market and this is the same BG who eventually took Apple all the way to the Supreme Court of the US to get Apple out of our way to a cheaper windows metaphor implementation. Was there anyone else out there with the right money for the legal battle ready and willing to take on Apple? We all owe thanks for this free market conundrum to the US legal system. Microsoft is a natural monopoly because of the general public's lack of intelligence. Apple was an un-natural monopoly because of its own lack of intelligence.
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The GEM OS was a decent windows metaphor implementation, for its time, who went out of existence because Apple sued the maker, Digital Research (DR), to smithereens even though Apple did not "own" the the windows metaphor. Xerox who did "own" it, lost it. Adding insult to injury, DR even had to pay Apple about $250k for court costs. This is the same DR that was snookered by Bill Gates (BG) into relinquishing the DOS market and this is the same BG who eventually took Apple all the way to the Supreme Court of the US to get Apple out of our way to a cheaper windows metaphor implementation. Was there anyone else out there with the right money for the legal battle ready and willing to take on Apple? We all owe thanks for this free market conundrum to the US legal system. Microsoft is a natural monopoly because of the general public's lack of intelligence. Apple was an un-natural monopoly because of its own lack of intelligence.