# Mac advice...

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**Created:** [December 28, 2009, 7:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mac-advice/249398 "2009-12-28T07:23:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shawn96VR-4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@Shawn96VR-4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shawn96VR-4)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2009, 6:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mac-advice/249398/53 "2009-12-30T06:09:04Z")

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> [@BAO MEET 4/20 8pm](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bao-meet-4-20-8pm/27847/6):
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> yes it originated from xerox and steve jobs and bill gates were working on it together, bill gates turned around and copyrighted it himself behind his back. believe what u want. thats fine.

You need to do better research. It originated **before** Jobs/Gates at Xerox PARC in the early 70s. I’d say Xerox got screwed but they just gave it up. In fact, I believe

You can argue that Gates re-used part of the MAC O/S in early versions of windows but the US Court disagrees with you.

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