From: Sushi (sushi_at_ragingbull.com)
Date: Thu Aug 18 2005 - 23:10:45 PDT
Granted that PARC was an idea base for the Mac GUI.
However, you might want to take a look at the GUI interface that the
PARC systems had.
Then look at what Apple came up with -- the original Mac OS.
Then you will see that Apple did in fact come up with their own unique
one button mouse interface. It is considerably different that the one
that the folks at PARC developed. Also, PARC did not have plug and
play like the Mac OS.
This is much unlike what MSFT did when they designed Windows. They
received Mac Prototypes from Apple to develop their software like
Excel. So MSFT had total access to the system APIs. Which, not
surprisingly, many if not most, MSFT Windows APIs were identical.
Sushi
On Aug 19, 2005, at 2:48 PM, William Pociengel wrote:
> Tyler Regas wrote:
> <snip>
>
>> the Macs in my office, I almost never have to deal with them, and
>> that includes my own. Give Apple credit where credit is due. They
>> invented the intuitive interface, after all!
>>
>
> uh, no. Zerox PARC was where it came from (Palo Alto Research Center)
> and were they pissed when the folks in charge GAVE away the GUI to
> apple
> for free. lots of stuf you take for granted were invented in PARC BUT
> THEY COULD NEVER FIGURE OUT HOW TO CAPITOLIZE ON IT (or even how to
> charge for it when thers made money on their work).
>
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