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The Real History of the GUI

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday August 20, 2001 @07:15AM 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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A Correction... by grammar+fascist · 2001-08-20 07:32 · 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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Where it all began... by SpookComix · 2001-08-20 07:45 · 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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