Hewlett-Packard Co says that it will oppose Apple’s suit over the look and feel of its NewWave program vigorously, saying that it goes well beyond what’s available today from other vendors, and Microsoft Corp, ironically number one in the market for Macintosh software titles in the world, says it is convinced that Apple’s companion suit over Windows 2.03 has no merit and denies the alleged copyright infringement (CI No 892); the suit is clouded by the fact that most of the ideas in the Mac user interface were pioneered at Xerox Corp’s Palo Alto Research Centre.
HEWLETT-PACKARD TO OPPOSE APPLE’S SUIT
