Let's not forget the Lisa. I found this GUI timeline. It looks like Microsoft actually announced Windows in 1983, before the Mac even shipped, but didn't ship until 1985, and it was awful.
http://toastytech.com/guis/guitimeline.html Jobs went to Xerox Parc in 1979. By the time the Mac shipped, GUI's were quite the rage. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 8, 2012, at 9:10 PM, Karsten Silz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Friday, September 7, 2012 10:32:28 AM UTC-4, Cédric Beust ♔ wrote: >> >> And indeed, Xerox ended up suing Apple: >> >> "In the midst of the Apple v. Microsoft lawsuit, Xerox also sued Apple >> alleging that Mac's GUI was heavily based on Xerox's" (source). >> "Xerox's lawsuit appeared to be a defensive move to ensure that if Apple v. >> Microsoftestablished that "look and feel" was copyrightable, then Xerox >> would be the primary beneficiary, rather than Apple. The Xerox case was >> dismissed, for a variety of legal reasons" >> >> It's pretty clear how Xerox felt about Apple stealing their ideas. >> >> -- >> Cédric > > What most people don't know is that Xeroc sold their own computer, based on > the Xerox PARC ideas, in 1981 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerox_Star); the > Mac didn't launch until January 1984. However, at $16k, it failed in the > market; the Mac started around $2k. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Java Posse" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/javaposse/-/ptLgaSWQTXoJ. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
