Technically true, but I'll stick by my accusation from a purely practical
standpoint. Throughout history great ideas, etc., were developed independently
by other guys, who remain "other guys" because no one remembers their names
because people such as Jobs and Gates got all the credit. <wink>
--Bob Whitmire
Registered Neanderthal
On Jun 12, 2013, at 8:35 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> You're perfectly welcome to keep your Mac but you should not call
> Windows a Mac ripoff. Both are a ripoff of the Xerox Alto created by
> Xerox PARC. But it's good that Jobs and Gates came along and took what
> they did. Xerox hadn't a clue about the value of what they had. The
> Alto would still be languishing in the lab.
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