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Dec 6th, 2004, 11:46 PM
Maven

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I hate microsoft.

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Dec 6th, 2004, 11:47 PM
mendhak

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No you don't.
Dec 6th, 2004, 11:49 PM
Jacob Roman

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So do I. Originally, the Amiga back in the 80's had the first Windows GUI. Later, Apple ripped it off for their Mac. And later, Microsoft ripped off Apple's for their Windows OS. Windows is nothing but a rip off of a rip off. Steve Jobs was pissed at Bill for that in the past. Just look at the movie Pirates of Silicon Valley and you'll see what I mean.
Dec 7th, 2004, 12:40 AM
Maven

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Originally Posted by mendhak

No you don't.

uh huh!

I hate linux too =/
Dec 7th, 2004, 12:43 AM
Maven

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Originally Posted by Jacob Roman

So do I. Originally, the Amiga back in the 80's had the first Windows GUI. Later, Apple ripped it off for their Mac. And later, Microsoft ripped off Apple's for their Windows OS. Windows is nothing but a rip off of a rip off. Steve Jobs was pissed at Bill for that in the past. Just look at the movie Pirates of Silicon Valley and you'll see what I mean.

So does linux... lol

Microsoft and linux rips everyone off then files patents to keep them from being riped off..... makes me want to call them cheaters!
Dec 7th, 2004, 01:00 AM
dglienna

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Jacob Roman

So do I. Originally, the Amiga back in the 80's had the first Windows GUI. Later, Apple ripped it off for their Mac. And later, Microsoft ripped off Apple's for their Windows OS. Windows is nothing but a rip off of a rip off. Steve Jobs was pissed at Bill for that in the past. Just look at the movie Pirates of Silicon Valley and you'll see what I mean.

Sorry, but XEROX developed the first GUI.

http://www.macos.utah.edu/Documentat...sxone/gui.html
Dec 7th, 2004, 01:49 AM
Maven

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Originally Posted by dglienna

Sorry, but XEROX developed the first GUI.

http://www.macos.utah.edu/Documentat...sxone/gui.html

I hate xerox just for their stupidity.... I mean they did everything first... yet... poof
Dec 7th, 2004, 01:55 AM
Merri

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I hate people who hate stuff... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... which means I hate myself.
Dec 7th, 2004, 01:57 AM
Maven

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Originally Posted by Merri

I hate people who hate stuff... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... which means I hate myself.

/me hands merri a microsoft cookie.
Dec 7th, 2004, 02:25 AM
mendhak

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I hate all of you. :wave:
Dec 7th, 2004, 06:42 AM
Merri

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Another round in Christmas? For the sake of contrast.
Dec 7th, 2004, 06:57 AM
Slaine

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Originally Posted by dglienna

Sorry, but XEROX developed the first GUI.

http://www.macos.utah.edu/Documentat...sxone/gui.html

No they didn't. The first GUI was developed by Douglas Engelbart (Inventor of the computer mouse - or as he called it the “X-Y Position Indicator”) in 1962. The Xerox system was actually based on a previous theoretical GUI called sketchpad described by Ivan Sutherland in 1963.

You can see footage of the first practical GUI demonstrated here in 1968 - several years before xerox started development on their WIMP system:

http://sloan.stanford.edu/mousesite/1968Demo.html
Dec 7th, 2004, 07:23 AM
DeadEyes

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Originally Posted by Slaine

The first GUI was developed by Douglas Engelbart (Inventor of the computer mouse - or as he called it the “X-Y Position Indicator”) in 1962.

Is he in the same league of inventors who create things like submarines aka travel underwater safely device.
Dec 7th, 2004, 07:28 AM
wossname

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Originally Posted by dglienna

Sorry, but XEROX developed the first GUI.

http://www.macos.utah.edu/Documentat...sxone/gui.html

Indeed. Also just for interest's sake, the first OOP language was Object Simula, developed in the early 60's. I saw a short movie of an ancient CAD program where a guy duplicated a large complex structure with a single mouse click. Cool beans for the sixties!