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> Imagine if xerox had invented the mouse. Indeed. It was invented by Douglas Englebart at UC Berkeley in the 60s.
by Tloewald 15y ago
> Imagine if xerox had invented the mouse.
Indeed. It was invented by Douglas Englebart at UC Berkeley in the 60s.
- whyenot 15y agoHe invented it at SRI, not Berkeley
- Tloewald 15y agoThanks for the correction; I've had that wrong in my brain for decades. And, incidentally, he patented it. Interestingly it looks like xerox parc's mice were not much different – apple's design was a considerable improvement.
- nl 15y agoAnd he patented it, and SRI licensed it to Apple. During an interview, he says "SRI patented the mouse, but they really had no idea of its value. Some years later it was learned that they had licensed it to Apple for something like $40,000." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Engelbart http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Engelbart (I agree with the princple of what the GP post is saying though)
- Create 15y agoHe just took it from the radar people. http://ieee.ca/millennium/fp6000/fp6000_datar.html http://ieee.ca/millennium/fp6000/fp6000_datar.html