[Gllug] Bill Gates To Leave Microsoft

[Richard Jones]

On Sat, Jun 17, 2006 at 08:32:47AM +0100, Alain Williams wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 17, 2006 at 08:18:15AM +0100, Richard Jones wrote:
> 
> >   <quote>
> >   Bill is the reason why the computing world is not dominated by fashing
> >   cursors on an ominous black screen. He brought the PC to life, and
> >   saved us from the "mainframe-mentality" of many computer hardware and
> >   software manufacturers of his time. Sir, on behalf of the world; Thank
> >   You.
> >   </quote>
> > 
> > I for one am glad Gates invented the GUI!  Where would we
> > be without him?
>
> I assume that this is a wind up, unless you have forgotten the work
> at Xerox PARC - which was first taken up by Apple.

Don't forget Douglas Englebart:
http://arstechnica.com/articles/paedia/gui.ars

Rich.

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