Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ficc!peter
From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: replacing the desktop metaphor
Keywords: desktop metaphor, graphical interfaces, computing environments
Message-ID: <2547@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 23 Dec 88 19:21:24 GMT
References: <4361@pitt.UUCP> <688@krafla.rhi.hi.is>
Organization: Xenix Support
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In article <688@krafla.rhi.hi.is>, thsa@rhi.hi.is (Thorvaldur S Arnarson) writes:
> Why is it Apple allways given credit for the desktop idea,
> they copied it from XEROX's Smalltalk project!

Why is it that people always confuse the Xerox Smalltalk project with the
system that actually did introduce the desktop idea, namely the Xerox Star
office automation system. And had a better basic paradigm than Apple, I
might add.
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