On 2010-03-13 19:21, Celejar wrote:
On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:31:53 -0600 Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@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_Xerox,_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