Re: Pioneers of WIMPishness (was: A great Alan Kay quote)

2005-02-10 Thread TZOTZIOY
On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 03:08:11 GMT, rumours say that [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cameron Laird) might have written: [more snipping] >With a little provocation, I can push the ideas of "mechanical" >or "machine" referencing back at least to the Enlightenment, and >arguably much farther. Please ignore my ear

Re: Pioneers of WIMPishness (was: A great Alan Kay quote)

2005-02-10 Thread TZOTZIOY
On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 03:08:11 GMT, rumours say that [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cameron Laird) might have written: >I entirely agree that Engelbart deserves full recognition for his >achievements. At the same time, I think we also should note that >Ted Nelson was publishing articles about "hypertext" in '6

Pioneers of WIMPishness (was: A great Alan Kay quote)

2005-02-09 Thread Cameron Laird
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Scott David Daniels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: . [thoroughly appropriate focus on Engelbart and his Augment colleagues] . . >(or great) guess and