On 2010-03-13 19:21, Celejar wrote:
On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:31:53 -0600
Ron Johnson <ron.l.john...@cox.net> wrote:
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Apparently, it's based upon the ideas of Douglas Engelbart back in
the 1960s.
Apparently, it can be argued * that much of the standard modern
computer UI paradigm is "based on the ideas of Douglas Engelbart".
* Weasel wording, since ISTR that there's some controversy about how
much credit he actually deserves)
This article, written by a former employee of both PARC in it's
glory days and Apple when creating the Mac, is very enlightening.
http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&story=On_Xerox,_Apple_and_Progress.txt
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
"If God had wanted man to play soccer, he wouldn't have given
us arms." Mike Ditka
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