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An essay about the xerox and apple influence on GUI development written by someone who worked for years at xerox before moving to apple. On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 11:29 AM, Tom Piwowar <[email protected]> wrote: > >Xerox wasn't the first to use a mouse. They weren't the first to have GUI. > > And the Xeros systems lacked the clarity of the Apple systems. Given a > mouse and being presented with an Apple-designed screen it was self > evident how to operate the system. Presented with a Xerox-designed > screen, much head scratching ensued. > > Xerox may have gotten to first base before Apple, but it was Apple that > rounded the bases and made it to home plate. > > > ************************************************************************* > ** 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/ ** *************************************************************************
