Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 17:35:12 -0700 From: kevin godfrey <kevin@ticktockman.com> To: Dan Look <dan@electriccheese.com> Cc: ITServices@cableinet.co.uk, Conrad Sabatier <conrads@home.com>, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG, joel2a@yahoo.com Subject: Re: Microsoft bashers Message-ID: <3B884440.9555A61C@ticktockman.com> References: <4.2.2.20010803221311.00cb62e0@mail.intwebservices.com> <054111029231981PCOW024M@blueyonder.co.uk> <01082601582601.00417@wolverine.pandora.be>
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Indeed, the first GUI was developed by Xerox at PARC. Apple licensed the technology for around a million bucks from Xerox (Xerox didn't think home computers were going to be a big thing). MS "borrowed" the technology, if I remember correctly, they were brought to court by Apple for their "borrowing" but Apple lost on a technicality. Other things of note developed at Xerox: The Mouse and Ethernet (the guy who founded 3Com, Bob can't-remember-his-last-name worked at PARC) Dan Look wrote: > > The first GUI's were developed at Xerox PARC (Palo Alto Research Centre) (or > so I've allways been told). And then first brought to public attention by Apple > (mostly). > > I guess the early internet/arpanet ran mostly on Unix but I beleive TCP/IP was > developed with cross platform compatability specifically in mind. > > And yes it's true, up untill around '95 MS had little or no interest in the > 'net. > [snip] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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