Re: It's the data harvesting
Secondly Apple didn't claim ownership of the Xerox ideas.
Er, I didn't say they did. You implied they did with your statement "They took some of the ideas and ran with them."
Took = ppl of Take.
Take = to get into one's hold or possession, to seize or capture, to catch or get (fish, game, etc.), especially by killing.
When someone copies my work I take that as flattery. I don't get precious about it, though I do send the occasional notice that the copier should acknowledge me as the source where they haven't.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
