Ed Jay <edMbj@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> John Bokma scribed:
>
>>Ed Jay <edMbj@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>> Big Bill scribed:
>>>
>>>>>...it copied the graphical interface of the Mac to develop
>>>>>Windows.
>>>>>And it went on by suing anyone who tried to use ****tions of the
>>>>>code they had themselves stolen.
>>>>
>>>>Stolen? I think they were allowed to take it, actually, from Xerox.
>>>>
>>> Hewlett-Packard. The language the GUI interface is built on was
>>> 'Smalltalk," proprietary to HP.
>>
>>"Smalltalk was the product of research by a group of researchers led
>>by Alan Kay at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC); Alan Kay
>>designed most of the early Smalltalk versions, which Dan Ingalls
>>implemented."
>>
>>"Smalltalk-80 was the first language variant made available outside of
>>PARC, first as Smalltalk-80 Version 1, given to a small number of
>>companies (Hewlett-Packard, Apple Computer, Tektronix, and DEC)"
>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>
>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smalltalk
>>
>>Oh, and if Wikipedia is wrong, instead of a long rant on how Wikipedia
>>sucks and can't be trusted, feel free to edit that page (thanks).
>
> Hi, John. Thanks for he link. I don't do edits on Wikipedia, as it
> would be a lifelong task to correct the misinformation that pervades
> that site.
OK, give me a link that confirms your earlier statement and I will be
happy to fix the information on that Wikipedia page.
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John Bokma http://johnbokma.com/
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