868
They caught us (feddit.it)
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 19 points 9 months ago

Windows wasn't first, Xerox was

[-] digger@lemmy.ca 10 points 8 months ago

Xerox did so much for modern computing. If only people knew.

[-] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago

The company was run by morons so "Xerox" deserves being synonymous with "company run by morons". But the actual Xerox employees who invented the basic GUI deserve credit for being the great inventors they were. Unfortunately I have no fucking idea who those actual people were.

[-] digger@lemmy.ca 6 points 8 months ago

Take a look at this post. It covers some names and stories about contributions that make modern interfaces what they are today.

[-] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Very cool, thanks.

[-] Nalivai@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 8 months ago

But no person on the planet, except the nerdiest of pedants, are thinking of Xerox when they see Windows interface. They think of Windows, even if it's KDE

this post was submitted on 21 Nov 2023
868 points (97.5% liked)

linuxmemes

20363 readers
908 users here now

I use Arch btw


Sister communities:

Community rules

  1. Follow the site-wide rules and code of conduct
  2. Be civil
  3. Post Linux-related content
  4. No recent reposts

Please report posts and comments that break these rules!

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS