2.5 cursor change

Richard Gaskin ambassador at fourthworld.com
Sun Aug 1 23:36:56 EDT 2004


Judy Perry wrote:

 > On Sun, 1 Aug 2004, Ken Norris (dialup) wrote:
 >
 >
 >>The 'mouse' idea was 'stolen' from Xerox, though.
 >>
 > Wasn't the mouse idea 'stolen' from Englebart? (Doug?)

Yes, as far as I know.

I have a copy of the videotape of his presentation of the first 
mouse-driven OS in 1967 (apparently he had invented the mouse several 
years earlier but then needed to write an OS to use it on <g>).

If you come to one of our LA RUG meetings I'll show it. :)

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