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Subject:Re: Platform of choice (very long) From:Mitch Berg <mberg -at- IS -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 12 Feb 1997 10:38:02 -0600
Steve Evanina wrote:
>
> U wrote:
>
> >6) Microshaft introduces Windows - a blatant ripoff of the Mac GUI.
>
> It should include:
>
> 5) Mac is introduced - a blatant ripoff of the Xerox Star GUI.
As a Smalltalk bigot, I certainly could have. But I don't see anyone
out there claiming that Star is their favorite OS/UI/anything, so I
figured I'd leave it out for clarity's sake...
BTW, Star borrowed heavily from several earlier UI concept
demonstrators...
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