> > Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2002 07:16:47 -0800 > Subject: Re: silicon pirates [OT] > From: Mick Ring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > on 12/3/02 8:03, Fernando Giron at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Hi, i just sow a movie called "Silicon Pirates" the story of Apple Co. >> and Microsoft. For the experts on apple and msoft that have seen this >> movie how real was this, without taking sides? > > The biggest problem I had with this movie is that it continued the myth that > Apple did not "invent" the Mac but rather stole it from PARC. This is wrong > for at least two reasons: > > 1) Apple did, in fact, pay for the technology with stock options that were > later worth a whole bunch of money. > > 2) Several of the Mac team members had developed some of the ideas before > PARC ever "invented" them. > > > > -Mick
The whole question of who "stole" what from whom has been debated for awhile in the human-computer interaction community. The history of graphical user interfaces (GUIs) traces through PARC, Apple, and Microsoft for sure, but goes back even further than PARC to ideas coming out of the Univ of Utah in the 60's and to Doug Englebart's work at SRI in the 60's too. And a lot of the ideas flow from the Memex article written by Vanover Bush in 1945. There have been (at least) two books written on the development of the Mac that give reasonably good accounts of the history, including the lineage of the GUI. "Insanely Great: The Life and Times of Macintosh, the Computer That Changed Everything" by Steven Levy and "West of Eden: the End of Innocence at Apple Computer" by Frank Rose. "West of Eden..." is a fascinating book. I stayed up all night to finish it. The only trouble is that it only covers Apple until around 1989. But it is still an awesome book if you can find it. Mike -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
