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GUI Pioneer Jef Raskin Has Passed Away

Posted by Zonk on from the :( dept.

Viridian writes "Jef Raskin, GUI pioneer, interface expert, Apple employee #31, and the man most credited with the creation of the Apple Macintosh, died of cancer on Saturday February 26, 2005. It was Raskin who named it after his favorite fruit, the McIntosh apple, although he said that he changed the spelling to "Macintosh" to avoid potential copyright conflicts with McIntosh, the audio equipment manufacturer."

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  1. wasn't it XEROX? by imsirovic5 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Not sure, but wasn't it XEROX that actually contributed the most to modern GUI interface as we know it? My impression is that apple stole it from xerox and then micorosoft stole it from apple? I could be wrong? not sure?