Don't forget Mr. Adobe buying his Postscript away from Xerox for..what 1K
because Xerox wanted to develop the blob thing instead of PS.


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| Actually it was through a poorly written contract on Apples part that
| Microsoft was able to further develop the GUI. If Apple had written the
| contract better then Windows wouldn't be as it is. Of course, Apple
| basically stole the idea of the GUI and the mouse from Xerox. So not only
| can we thank Xerox for Xerography (another way of photocopying) but we can
| also thank them for what is essentially modern computing through a
graphical
| interface. If it wasn't for the GUI, we'd all be using a command line and
| strings of commands rather than a "drag this here, click twice there"
world.
| So the ubiquitous computer wouldn't be so ubiquitous.
|
| Microsoft didn't do it first, they did it bigger. Credit does go to them
no
| doubt, but not all of it
|
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| You know, people like to put down microsoft, but if it wasn't for
them
| and Windows I probably wouldn't be doing what I am now (that I love to
do)
|
| Thanks for all the time and patience
|
| ~ Carrie
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