Re: Apple? (subject change)

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From: Lawson English
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 1995 17:37

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Terry Lambert (terry@cs.weber.edu) wrote:
[snipt]
: Apple did not invent the GUI.  They cloned it.

Even if you accept the Jobs-generated Urban Legend about his trip to 
XEROX PARC, no-one who's ever seen the late 1970's SmallTalk interface 
would ever call the Mac's GUI a clone of PARC's.

: Apple did not invent memory protection in Copeland.  They cloned it.
: Apple did not invent preemptive multitasking in Copeland.  They
: clone it.
: Apple did not invent cooperative multitasking in Multifinder.  They
: cloned it.


Actually, I'd suggest that they got the idea for memory protection out of 
a standard textbook. Ditto with preemptive multi-tasking.


Multi-finder pre-emptive multi-tasking is so Mac-specific that I'd 
suggest that it is an Apple original.

: What is your point?

Same question.


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