"Rob Giordano (Crash)" wrote in message
...
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.

Hasn't Xerox done okay anyway?

I got into fonts when I tried learning Pagemaker- because I thought this
is what people were supposed to use for this stuff.

Publisher is so much easier and in my limited experience does what I want
to do just as well. I probably will never get a job in an office that
requires me to use Pagemaker instead.

~ Carrie




"Matt Beals" wrote in message
...
| 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
|
| Matt Beals
| Consultant
| Enfocus Certified Trainer
| Apago, Calls, Gradual & Markzware Recognized Trainer
| (206) 618-2537 - Cell
| (720) 367-3869 - eFax
|
|
| Come visit me at:
|
| http://www.mattbeals.com
| http://www.actionlistexchange.net
| http://www.mattbeals.com/blog/
|
| Friends don't let friends write HTML email
|
| 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
|