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Ted coined the term "hypertext"; he built a prototype Xanadu platform [1] which incorporated it. Engelbart created an editing system which used something like h

Ted coined the term "hypertext"; he built a prototype Xanadu platform [1] which incorporated it. Engelbart created an editing system which used something like hypertext internally. Ted coined the term in 1963, along with "hypermedia" [2]; Engelbart published a paper in 1962 [3]; you can read it and decide for yourself whether he "invented" hypertext (by any name) in that paper. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Xanadu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Xanadu [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypertext https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypertext [3] https://dougengelbart.org/pubs/augment-3906-Framework.html https://dougengelbart.org/pubs/augment-3906-Framework.html Note that [1] says 1960 for Xanadu and [2] says 1963 for the term hypertext. Go figure. Edit: fixed typo

andsoitis 4y ago
From: > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Xanadu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Xanadu Wired magazine published an article called "The Curse of Xanadu", calling Project Xanadu "the longest-running vaporware story in the history of the computer industry".[3] The first attempt at implementation began in 1960, but it was not until 1998 that an incomplete implementation was released. Ouch!
- jdougan 4y ago
  Under the international hypertext accords of 2010, anytime the wired article is referenced, the rebuttal must be referenced also: https://web.archive.org/web/20001003011753/http://xanadu.com.au:80/ararat https://web.archive.org/web/20001003011753/http://xanadu.com...
  - setr 4y ago
    What’s this letter he keeps referring to?
    - jdougan 4y ago
      Letter to the Editor he sent Wired. Actually there have been several kicks at the can for rebuttals. Most recent ones are videos: Shorter Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_-5cGEU9S0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_-5cGEU9S0 Feature length: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASgjSxNdDqI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASgjSxNdDqI

andsoitis 4y ago

From: > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Xanadu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Xanadu Wired magazine published an article called "The Curse of Xanadu", calling Project Xanadu "the longest-running vaporware story in the history of the computer industry".[3] The first attempt at implementation began in 1960, but it was not until 1998 that an incomplete implementation was released. Ouch!

jdougan 4y ago
Under the international hypertext accords of 2010, anytime the wired article is referenced, the rebuttal must be referenced also: https://web.archive.org/web/20001003011753/http://xanadu.com.au:80/ararat https://web.archive.org/web/20001003011753/http://xanadu.com...
- setr 4y ago
  What’s this letter he keeps referring to?
  - jdougan 4y ago
    Letter to the Editor he sent Wired. Actually there have been several kicks at the can for rebuttals. Most recent ones are videos: Shorter Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_-5cGEU9S0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_-5cGEU9S0 Feature length: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASgjSxNdDqI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASgjSxNdDqI