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Calling the Xerox system 'drafts' is a disservice to its invention. As noted by deaddodo (thanks), I was merely referencing how Apple tried to sue Microsoft, r
by karmakaze 2y ago
Calling the Xerox system 'drafts' is a disservice to its invention.
As noted by deaddodo (thanks), I was merely referencing how Apple tried to sue Microsoft, raising eyebrows of Xerox who then called Apple out--who 'took inspiration' from who and how much all came out into public record. While we're at it may as well credit Douglas Engelbart for "The Mother of All Demos" (1968) for conceiving of such devices.
It's merely lighthearted amusement to see Xerox 'credited' on the docs. The Macintosh was the greatest thing to happen in 1984, I still remember reading and rereading my SciAm issue where I first saw it. I was already into graphics/gaming on the Atari but seeing WYSIWYG was something else. Xerox, Apple, Microsoft all get some credit for invention, refinements, and bringing it to the consumer masses.
- rbanffy 2y agoMicrosoft couldn't have copied dragging windows and icons from the Star because it wasn't there - that would come straight from Apple (or, at least, from someplace else other than Xerox).