Windows 2.x: Difference between revisions

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== New features ==
== New features ==
Windows 2.0 introduced support for overlapping windows for all window variants (Windows 1.0 only supported overlapping of dialog windows). This fired a legal conflict with Apple Inc.<ref name="chip">http://download.chip.eu/en/History-of-Microsoft_163647110.html</ref>, accusing Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard of violating copyrights Apple held on Macintosh System Software. The judge ruled in favor of Microsoft and HP in all but ten of the 189 patents Apple sued for, which according to the judge couldn't be copyrighted<ref name=" chip"/>.
Windows 2.0 introduced support for overlapping windows for all window variants (Windows 1.0 only supported overlapping of dialog windows). This fired a legal conflict with Apple Inc., accusing Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard of violating copyrights Apple held on Macintosh System Software. The judge ruled in favor of Microsoft and HP in all but ten of the 189 patents Apple sued for, which according to the judge couldn't be copyrighted<ref name=" chip"/>.


This version of Windows also introduced support for VGA (Video Graphics Array) and later PS/2 mice. It is possible to use the Windows 2.03 (or later) PS/2 mouse driver with Windows 1.0, which enables one to use the virtual mouse emulated by many virtualization packages.
This version of Windows also introduced support for VGA (Video Graphics Array) and later PS/2 mice. It is possible to use the Windows 2.03 (or later) PS/2 mouse driver with Windows 1.0, which enables one to use the virtual mouse emulated by many virtualization packages.
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