Re: Pirates of Silicon Valley

[mpike@nmia.com (Mike Pike)]

I already responded in email what I think of your post.... but let me
rebut you publicly as well...

Read the final part of my sentence..."or so I am told..." - means I am not
positive of my information.. it was what I was told... calling my post
"utter bullshit" was totally uncalled for... now let me cut into yours a
little bit... did you HEAR Jobs and Wozniac say "Wow we're BLOWN away!"  I
didn't think so - so perhaps, if I am right, you are the one full of utter
bullshit as you so eloquently put it.... and as for "Get your facts
straight!" - perhaps you should read the message you are responding to in
more depth before spouting off at the mouth....  your message tells me you
are a person who thinks they are always right no matter what - nobody at
your office probably likes you... the fact of the matter is I heard what I
heard from this newsgroup - so somebody out there obviously has a source
for the information... as I am sure someone told you Jobs and Woz were
"blown away".. because I am POSITIVE you didn't hear that from them
yourself - you're not Apple computer employee material... heh

Mike


Mike (moose@rocknet.net.au) wrote:
: Mike Pike wrote:
: 
: > That's not entirely true.... apple had started their own GUI at the same
: > time, if not before Xerox.... they simply used Xerox to show Jobs what it
: > was capable of doing - or so I am told...
: 
: Where do you get this from ?
: 
: According to the words from Steve Jobs and Woz's own mouths - they were
: absolutely *blown* away when they saw Xerox's GUI, and they dragged half of
: the Apple engineers down to PARC soon after to see a GUI for the **first**
: time.
: 
: Suggesting that Apple engineers / programmers were already working on a GUI
: *before* Xerox started working on theirs is simply utter bullshit.  According
: to Cringeley's book and other books I have read, Xerox had the Alto built and
: the GUI developed *before* Apple was even formed.
: 
: Suggesting that Apple engineers / programmers were already working on a GUI
: before Jobs became aware of the Xerox GUI is also simply utter bullshit.
: 
: Get your facts straight !
: 
: Mike O'Malley
: 
: 
: > Scott R. Ehrlich (sehrlich@shore.net) wrote:
: > : Let's not forget some basic facts from the past:
: > :
: > : - Mac got its GUI start from Xerox PARC, because Xerox could not market
: > : their inventions (including the mouse)
: > :
: > : - Gates got his start from buying CP/M and modifying it into DOS for the
: > : consumer market
: > :
: > :
: > : At least Apple built their Apple II series computers (from scratch?).
: > : Gates flat-out took what existed and modified it.
: > :
: 
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