Did Adam Osborne pirate the Osborne 01 ?

From: Phil Clayton <musicman38_at_mindspring.com>
Date: Sat Jan 9 09:42:07 1999

Interesting Web site hinting that Adam Osborne got his idea for the Osborne 01
from Xerox PARC.. Check out this web site, below is a direct quote from the
article..

http://www.newmedianews.com/tech_hist/osborne.html

The Notetaker was another of the bright ideas that sprang
 from Xerox PARC. But like many others, including the mouse it sported, it was
 commercialized by someone else. In this case, Adam Osborne.
 The former writer and publisher had paid a visit to Xerox. "Everyone was very
open at
 PARC, and he saw all the drawings and asked a few questions, and left not
saying
 anything," explains Gwen Bell, curator of The Computer Museum. "And the result
was, a
 year or so later, you saw the plans for the Osborne 1, and it was very much
like [the
 Notetaker]."

Phil...
Received on Sat Jan 09 1999 - 09:42:07 GMT

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