Optical Mouse Users...What mousepad do you USE... - Page 16

elton · 4th May 2003, 01:35 PM

If i am not mistaken...The concept of pointer is by MAC last time... I remember tat use it on some scanning device...Something like tat i can not recall the whole image... After that, MAC sell this concept to MS but need MS to develope some software 4 them ( am i rite ) this how it go on...

Adrian Wong · 5th May 2003, 06:20 PM

Mac invented the mouse? No lar... It was Xerox who invented both the mouse and GUI.

peaz · 6th May 2003, 02:10 AM

Mac bought the idea... BUT windows later copied the idea and released it earlier right???

elton · 6th May 2003, 08:49 AM

Okok hehe memory mix up... what i recall yesterday was MS copy from MAC ....

So what Xerox use the mouse 4>>> what system i mean>>> IS it a OS also?>?

goldfries · 6th May 2003, 09:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by peaz

Mac bought the idea... BUT windows later copied the idea and released it earlier right???

i thought i saw Apple PCs with mouse much earlier than any IBM PC.

elton · 6th May 2003, 11:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by goldfries

Quote:

Originally Posted by peaz

Mac bought the idea... BUT windows later copied the idea and released it earlier right???

i thought i saw Apple PCs with mouse much earlier than any IBM PC.

Yup i think goldfries is rite...

Adrian Wong · 6th May 2003, 01:44 PM

I think it was Mac who copied/stole the idea from Xerox and then MS copied/stole it from them.

Mac people always complain that if it wasn't for them, the world wouldn't have GUI or even the mouse... Heheh...

But we know it isn't true, right? Hehe... We owe it all to the lab rats @ Xerox.

goldfries · 6th May 2003, 01:49 PM

actually prior to this topic.........i had done a research on the invention on mouse. it was like er......almost a week ago. the only thing i can't find is how many buttons the mouse started with.

Quote:

Many people mistakenly believe that the mouse was invented by Apple. Others believe that Steve Jobs stole the idea from Xerox, where the mouse was used on an early office PC called the Star. But in truth, the mouse was first conceived of by Doug Engelbart in the early 1960’s, then a scientist at the Stanford Research Institute, in Menlo Park, California. SuperKids recently visited with Doug in the offices of his current venture, Bootstrap, Inc.

http://www.superkids.com/aweb/pages/...use/mouse.html

this is the article i found before posting it. i had gotten a few other articles about him much earlier. but this one has a nice "quote" that fits where the topic is going.

elton · 6th May 2003, 01:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adrian Wong

I think it was Mac who copied/stole the idea from Xerox and then MS copied/stole it from them.

Mac people always complain that if it wasn't for them, the world wouldn't have GUI or even the mouse... Heheh...

But we know it isn't true, right? Hehe... We owe it all to the lab rats @ Xerox.

MS stole from MAC i thought there are some agreement on b4 MS implement mouse concept AM i rite??

Adrian Wong · 6th May 2003, 02:01 PM

LOL! So it wasn't even Xerox! LOL! Okay, okay... we definitely learnt something new today!

Hmm... stole? How to say MS stole from Mac when it wasn't even Mac's idea! Heheh...

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elton WhAtSuPdOc Join Date: 22 Nov 2002 Location: Any place that have COM with NET Posts: 2,832 Reputation: 828 Rep Power: 17	Okok hehe memory mix up... what i recall yesterday was MS copy from MAC .... So what Xerox use the mouse 4>>> what system i mean>>> IS it a OS also?>? __________________ Elton Tan IBM ThinkPad R60 AMD Barton 2500+ Abit NF7-S V(2.0) Corsair 256MBX2 PC3200 Seagate SATA 80GB Radeon 9200 SE 128MB Altec Lansing ACS 56 Sony Clie TH-55

6th May 2003, 01:44 PM	#157 (permalink)
Adrian Wong Da Boss Join Date: 10 Oct 2002 Location: In front of my ASUS F8V notebook! Posts: 30,382 Reputation: 3147 Rep Power: 68	I think it was Mac who copied/stole the idea from Xerox and then MS copied/stole it from them. Mac people always complain that if it wasn't for them, the world wouldn't have GUI or even the mouse... Heheh... But we know it isn't true, right? Hehe... We owe it all to the lab rats @ Xerox. __________________ Dr. Adrian Wong Tech ARP \| Blog @ Tech ARP \| The Free Trade Zone DYKT : The only offshore account I have is at the sand bank? We need PROGRAMMERS and TECHNICAL WRITERS! Contact us if you are a hot shot programmer or technical writer! My items for sale : 50x SD Card \| Memory Stick PRO \| Cyclone Energy Saver \| Seiko SS watch \| Tiger/Carlsberg beer jugs \| Travel Speakers \| Motorola V600 \| Nokia N90 SOLD! \| New Lowepro Mini Trekker AW Other items for sale @ the FTZ : Zalman CNPS9500 LED @ $20 \| Zalman CNPS7700 Cu @ $20 \| Zalman CNPS7000 Cu @ $20 \| Swarovski bracelet watches \| Dell 17" LCD \| Hi-Fi speakers \| English DIVX movies \| HP LaserJet toners! \| Office chairs

6th May 2003, 02:01 PM	#160 (permalink)
Adrian Wong Da Boss Join Date: 10 Oct 2002 Location: In front of my ASUS F8V notebook! Posts: 30,382 Reputation: 3147 Rep Power: 68	LOL! So it wasn't even Xerox! LOL! Okay, okay... we definitely learnt something new today! Hmm... stole? How to say MS stole from Mac when it wasn't even Mac's idea! Heheh... __________________ Dr. Adrian Wong Tech ARP \| Blog @ Tech ARP \| The Free Trade Zone DYKT : The only offshore account I have is at the sand bank? We need PROGRAMMERS and TECHNICAL WRITERS! Contact us if you are a hot shot programmer or technical writer! My items for sale : 50x SD Card \| Memory Stick PRO \| Cyclone Energy Saver \| Seiko SS watch \| Tiger/Carlsberg beer jugs \| Travel Speakers \| Motorola V600 \| Nokia N90 SOLD! \| New Lowepro Mini Trekker AW Other items for sale @ the FTZ : Zalman CNPS9500 LED @ $20 \| Zalman CNPS7700 Cu @ $20 \| Zalman CNPS7000 Cu @ $20 \| Swarovski bracelet watches \| Dell 17" LCD \| Hi-Fi speakers \| English DIVX movies \| HP LaserJet toners! \| Office chairs