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>that's what the Macintosh is of the demo Steve Jobs saw at Xerox PARC. Apple licensed many technologies from Xerox that were used to make Mac OS and other app
by snakeyjake 2y ago
>that's what the Macintosh is of the demo Steve Jobs saw at Xerox PARC.
Apple licensed many technologies from Xerox that were used to make Mac OS and other applications.
Mac OS was a copy of Smalltalk the same way an A380 is a copy of the Wright Flyer.
- karmakaze 2y agoNeXT is the closer copy of Smalltalk. Mac OS is the diluted version.
- xkriva11 2y ago"I said to both Steve and Bill Gates — this was during the controversy of whether Apple and Microsoft had stolen ideas from Xerox — and I told them, 'Look, we want you to steal the ideas, but for Christ's sake, steal the whole idea.'" -- Alan Kay