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The Real History of the GUI

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the pretty-amusing-take-on-things dept.

Big Nothing writes "Mike Tuck @ webmasterbase.com has written a piece on the development of GUIs. Like most other articles on webmasterbase.com it is fairly non-technical, but entertaining nonetheless." Update: 08/21 02:45 AM GMT by T : Note that the link above takes you to the print-friendly version of the story; for online reading, you might prefer this version instead.

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  1. Re:GOATSE.CX LINK by emoeric · · Score: 2, Funny

    fine, you click on the "Information" link and see where it takes you.

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  2. A Correction... by grammar+fascist · · Score: 4, Funny

    Once upon a time, way back in the Stone Age, lived two cavemen, Ugh and Glug.

    Actually, the two cavemen were named "Ugh" and "Slug."

    I hope this clears things up a bit for everyone.

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    1. Re:A Correction... by mcleodnine · · Score: 2, Funny

      Wrong again. "Slug" was the IP lawyer who represented "Glug" in the patent infringement case, claiming "Mammoth hunting begats Mammoth counting which is an integral process in the hunt. Mr Ugh's machine is a direct infringement of his prior art. We also beleive that Mr. Slug's process could enable the copying of Mr. Ugh's work, depriving him of hundereds of kills he could have legitimately claimed were it not for the illegal copies."

      Although Ugh was a pioneer in his field, the unfortunate facts are; he still couldn't get laid and Glug wound up working for Slug who now owns the rights to the process and all slate products. Ugh was last seen promoting the value of "OpenSlate".

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  3. Where it all began... by SpookComix · · Score: 3, Funny
    Starting out as a two-man operation out of the backseat of Bill Gates's car, Gates and cohort Paul Allen...

    It's amazing to see how so many beautiful and wonderful things happened as a result of two guys in the backseat of a car.

    Wait a minute...

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  4. Netscape's history of the GUI browser by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I'd like to point out Netscape's rather interesting history of GUI browsers. It starts of showing how some of the founders of Mosaic went on to found Mosaic Communications Corporation which was later renamed to Netscape. It then covers Microsoft IE and the decision to start the Mozilla project which is producing the next generation of Netscape browsers as well as others.

  5. Re:Revenge of the Nerds by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    It was "Return of the Nerds" because George Lucas felt that "revenge" was not the kind of activity for Nerds to be involved in.

  6. Re:GUI by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    How ironic. It's perfectly readable in lynx...