Brain Fart - which Xerox computer started GUI?

From: Glenatacme_at_aol.com <(Glenatacme_at_aol.com)>
Date: Sun Jun 20 22:14:09 1999

In a message dated 6/20/99 10:06:55 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
rcini_at_email.msn.com writes:

> I just finished watching "Pirates of Silicon Valley" on TNT, an
> interesting interpretation of the dynamics between Apple and Microsoft from
> 1975 to 1997.
>
> Here's the question -- what was the name of the computer at Xerox that
> Steve Jobs "modeled" the Lisa/Mac after? Was it the Alto or the Star?

Definitely it was the Star. My ex worked at Xerox from '85 through '87.
Some details in "Pirates" were, um, a little "inaccurate," but they got one
thing right -- there were a lot of really pissed off people at Xerox when the
Apple GUI hit the streets.

Glen Goodwin
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Received on Sun Jun 20 1999 - 22:14:09 BST