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Re: Pirates of Silicon Valley
- Subject: Re: Pirates of Silicon Valley
- From: mpike@nmia.com (Mike Pike)
- Date: 1999/06/30
- Followup-to: comp.sys.apple2,comp.sys.mac.misc
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2, comp.sys.mac.misc
- Organization: New Mexico Internet Access
- References: <lDub3.219$8M.345@wormhole.dimensional.com> <354_9906221503@juge.com> <7la3uf$t0b$1@hume.nmia.com> <716e3.110$cE6.2202@client> <Dz6e3.237$6M6.81709@news.shore.net>
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...
Mike
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.
: