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		loloquwowndueo on Dec 17, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: GTK File Chooser Dialog gets a thumbnail view afte... It took them 11 years after the first Macintosh was released to “invent” the start menu in Windows 95.

kibwen on Dec 17, 2022 [–]

Not sure how that's relevant to my comment; Microsoft was indisputably "inspired" by Apple, in the same way that Apple was indisputably "inspired" by Xerox.

sbuk on Dec 17, 2022 | [–]

Difference is one company paid for the inspiration with pre-IPO stock…

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