The difference is between engineers and marketers
Chuck Norcutt
On 6/12/2013 10:16 AM, Bob Whitmire wrote:
> 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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