http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WIMP_(computing)
Doesn't look like it was just a mockup. On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 2:11 PM, Tom Piwowar <[email protected]> wrote: > > Classic mac OS was partially based on things coming out of > > xerox. I believe Jobs hired on one or several? of the guys > > who worked for xerox to work on the lisa OS. Someone here > > might know that history better. > > Not really. The Mac team did interact with the Xerox team as they were > nearby and working on similar ideas. They did demo things to each other. > > One of the best stories was about Atkinson seeing a mockup of a graphics > application at XeroxPARC. He thought it was a demo. He then went back to > Apple and programmed a similar application. Later the Xerox folks were > amazed, they had been stumped by the problem. > > The Apple team was extremely talented. > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
