Re: 3 button systems (was A/UX window systems, Mac toolbox, etc)

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From: Mark Alexander
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 1988 20:05

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In article <13650003@hpsmtc1.HP.COM> dlw@hpsmtc1.HP.COM (David Williams) writes:
>DRI was guilty of being lazy, they should have gone to Xerox in
>the first place and come out with something superior to the Apple interface
>and not merely a pale clone.

Actually, DRI did a graphical interface before GEM that was quite
different, or so I've been told by people who saw it.  These same
folks said it was better than the Mac-clone GEM turned out to be.  It
sounded to me like GEM was another case of what happens to a good
product when marketing geniuses get their hands on it.

Disclaimer: everything in this posting is probably wrong, including
this disclaimer.
-- 
Mark Alexander	(UUCP: amdahl!drivax!alexande)
"Bob-ism: the Faith that changes to meet YOUR needs." --Bob

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From: alexande@drivax.UUCP (Mark Alexander)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.misc
Subject: Re: 3 button systems (was  A/UX window systems, Mac toolbox, etc)
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Date: 18 Mar 88 20:05:34 GMT
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