Re: Pirates of Silicon Valley

[Mike <moose@rocknet.net.au>]

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.
> :