> > > >---- Original Message ---- >From: ron.l.john...@cox.net >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >Subject: Re: [Semi-OT] Incredibly useful Firefox addon: Hyperwords >Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:14:29 -0600 > >>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: >>> >>> ... >>> >>>> 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_Xero >x,_Apple_and_Progress.txt >> >>-- >>Ron Johnson, Jr. >>Jefferson LA USA >> >>"If God had wanted man to play soccer, he wouldn't have given >>us arms." Mike Ditka >> PARC had a (sordid) history of wonderful inventions (the STAR system, Ethernet) which somehow never made it to market via Xerox Larry >> >>-- >>To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org >>with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact >listmas...@lists.debian.org >>Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4b9c7ec5.40...@cox.net >> >>
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