11 Dec
1998
11 Dec
'98
12:38 p.m.
The actual demo had taken place 30 years ago in 1968,
and the star of the
demo was Doug Englebart.
Think about your first reaction to what sounds like whiteboarding software
that is starting to become commonplace. Now consider that the demo was
filmed 30 years ago in *black and white*! That's how far ahead Englebart
and his team really were (or, how far we *haven't* come when we should have!)
You know my reaction to this is a really sad commentary on the computer
industry today. My first thought was, "Hmm, someone should be able to use
this as an example of 'prior art' in defeating a software patent or two".
Zane
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