On 07/24/2010 05:15 PM, Christofer C. Bell wrote: > On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 4:04 AM, g<gel...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > >> Tim wrote: >> <snip> >> >> >>> The aptly named WIMP interface predates both of them. Hint: Lisa. >>> >> 'apple lisa' is the system i was referencing to. >> > The concept of having a "desktop" with "windows" was invented by Xerox > PARC in 1973 and implemented on the Alto computer. That predates > pretty much everything else being discussed here. > > The concept of a "desktop" with "windows" dates back to the work of Doug Engelbart in the 50s and 60s, starting well before even a basic implementation was feasible. Look him up. He was a true visionary.
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