[simonh]

Development of the Lisa started in 1978 and it was released in 1983. The Blit was started in 1981 and released as the 5620 in 1984, the same year as the Mac.

So unfortunately the facts render your sarcasm rather hollow.

Anyway, the Blit doesn't infringe on Apple as it doesn't include any of the things Apple did genuinely develop independently - like pull-down menus, resizable and moveable windows, overlapping windows, directly manipulatable file and document names, desk accessories, control panels, internationalisation, multiple views of the file system and drag and drop file manipulation. So in comparison to Apple tech of the time it's so primitive it wouldn't be worth it anyway.

[jvm]

I'm fairly confident that many (most?) of the gui elements you listed were invented by Xerox and willfully copied by Apple. Certainly stacking resizable movable windows, pull-down menus, and manipulable desktop items.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerox_Star

[tabbyjabby]

Please read this article[0] and educate yourself. The amount of misinformation surrounding the Apple-Xerox relationship is dizzying.

edit: this article[1] is a bit briefer, and provides much of the same information.

[0] http://obamapacman.com/2010/03/myth-copyright-theft-apple-st...

[1] http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&s...

[georgemcbay]

The grandparent to your post says "Apple did genuinely develop independently". Not "Apple did legally license from Xerox in exchange for stock". So the point still stands.

The amount of misinformation surrounding how much of the modern computing experience Apple independently invented is also dizzying.

[shawndumas]

Xerox Star User Interface (1982) -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn4vC80Pv6Q

[simonh]

Which doesn't have any of the features I listed. e.g. look at those windows - they can't be moved, resized or overlap.