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If you really want to go back we could say both Apple and Microsoft Sherlocked Xerox PARC… at the same time.



When accused by Steve Jobs of ripping Apple’s technology and designs off, Bill Gates is said to have cooly replied:

"Well, Steve, I think there's more than one way of looking at it. I think it's more like we both had this rich neighbor named Xerox and I broke into his house to steal the TV set and found out that you had already stolen it."


So they, er xeroxed Xerox?


:) That's a better term.




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