I said 1978 but should have said 1979. Anyhow, using a mouse to manipulate objects on a bitmapped screen was the influence. There were many ways to do that. N

I said 1978 but should have said 1979. Anyhow, using a mouse to manipulate objects on a bitmapped screen was the influence. There were many ways to do that. Not everyone in the computer industry bought into that. It seemed like a waste of the computer to them.