RE: Who invented the GUI, was RE: Moving to Mac

[Colin Williams <colin.williams@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, 

They did create Smalltalk. They were trying to create a programming language
that would be easy for kids to learn.

cheers
Colin.W
 
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-----Original Message-----
From: Pat Barber [mailto:mboceanside@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: 02 September 2004 15:06
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Who invented the GUI, was RE: Moving to Mac


Not sure about SmallTalk, but they did invent
ethernet which laid in the dust for a very long
time. I recall ethernet coming about in the very
early 70's.

Some very bright folks working in those labs.



James H H Lampert wrote:

>>XEROX
> 
> 
> Well, yes, Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center developed the first GUI, 
> ancestor of the Lisa (anybody remember that Mac-forerunner?), 
> Macintosh, WinDoze, the Amiga, XWindows, GEM, GEOS, and other GUIs 
> even more obscure.
> 
> Didn't they also invent SmallTalk?


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