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They did from Apple. Despite the lore of Steve Jobs "stealing" everything from PARC, there was a deal in place before Xerox ever showed anyone.
by GoofballJones 13y ago
They did from Apple. Despite the lore of Steve Jobs "stealing" everything from PARC, there was a deal in place before Xerox ever showed anyone.
- jackgavigan 13y agoSRI, not Xerox, were the assignee on the original patent for the mouse: http://www.google.com/patents/US3541541 http://www.google.com/patents/US3541541 PS: "SRI licensed the computer mouse technology to Apple, Xerox, and other companies. The mouse became commercially viable in 1984, three years before the patent's expiration." - http://www.sri.com/work/timeline-innovation/timeline.php?timeline=business-entertainment#!&innovation=computer-mouse-interactive-computing http://www.sri.com/work/timeline-innovation/timeline.php?tim...