[comp.windows.ms] April Fools Joke or prophecy???

elmanad@leland.Stanford.EDU (Adam Elman) (04/04/91)

Well, of course that "Announcement from Microsoft" was meant as a
joke.  Nobody would seriously market Windows for Mac!!!

Or would they?  I was looking through the latest issue of Macworld and
saw an article about the new Mac Clone operating system by NuTek.
This interface is apparently compatible with Mac software, but looks a
LOT different.
1)The menus, windows, and buttons have a 3-d, Motif look to them.
2)Instead of a menu bar at the top of the screen, menu bars travel
within the window of the program they represent.
3)The Finder menu is not at the top of the screen either, but is
accessible by clicking on the desktop.
4)By clicking on the button in the upper left hand corner of a window,
one does not close the window, but rather gets a control menu.

Does this sound REMOTELY familiar to anyone???

I dunno, it just struck me as funny.  I haven't, by the way, seen this
in person or even heard of any hardware that is running it -- I just
saw pictures in MacWorld (I think the April or May 91 issue. It's got
a big thing about Mac Clone on the cover.)

Adam Elman   elmanad@leland.stanford.edu

parke@star.enet.dec.com (Bill Parke) (04/09/91)

The MAC clone and GeoWorks ENSEMBLE  are both based on the Motief
look and feel.

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The views expressed are my own.