Comment by oliv__
8 years ago
Wow. You can just see exactly where MacOS came from when you see that GEM Xerox Ventura screenshot...
I also love the suntools screens: so simple and nicely contrasted. What OS is that?
EDIT: this really makes me sad we only have like 3 major OSs now, I never knew how much I was missing until I saw all this.
There's definitely a similarity, but you've got the causal chain reversed (if there is one). The GEM UI was influenced by the Mac, at least determined judicially. This was the source of the initial "look-and-feel" lawsuit Apple won in the 80s.
> "At this point, Apple Computer sued DRI in what would turn into a long dispute over the "look and feel" of the GEM/1 system, which was an almost direct copy of Macintosh (with some elements bearing a closer resemblance to those in the earlier Lisa, available since January 1983)."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_Environment_Manager#G...
It's not surprising, though, given that Lee Lorenzen, formerly of Xerox PARC, wrote much of the code.
Oh interesting, I assumed it was the other way around because of the word "Xerox" in the name.
I can see why they sued...