15 Nov
2004
15 Nov
'04
5:10 a.m.
Just checked out the web site... they give Donna Dubinsky credit as the force
behind PDAs!
There's a brief mention of Jeff Hawkins, and an even briefer mention of the
Newton as a "market dud".
Sigh... talk about your dummied-down history.
I ought to send these people my research of PDAs from the 1970s.
I didn't check out the rest of the web site. Anyone else see other glaring
myths or oversimplifications?
--- John Allain <allain(a)panix.com> wrote:
I just heard from a radio interview that the book of
the
PBS series 'They Made America' supposedly mentions Gary Kildall.
No guarantee, but if the ser. is in chnonological order then
you might want to check it out two weeks from today.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/theymadeamerica/
He's in the book, they said.
John A.
Not affiliated with the book or show.
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