Logitech Makes 1 Billionth Mouse

Smivs writes "Logitech has hailed as a major landmark the production of their one billionth computer mouse. The news comes at a time when analysts claim the days of the mouse are numbered. 'It's rare in human history that a billionth of anything has been shipped by one company,' said Logitech's general manager Rory Dooley. 'Look at any other industry and it has never happened. This is a significant milestone.' The computer mouse will achieve a milestone of its own next week when it turns 40. It was 9 December 1968 when Douglas C. Engelbart and his group of researchers at Stanford University put the first mouse through its paces."

Comments

And still no bluetooth trackballs!

[danaris]

Come on, you can make, and sell, 1 billion mice; how hard can it be to make a minor variant of the Cordless Optical TrackMan that uses Bluetooth instead of an RF dongle???

I can't imagine the market is smaller than for some of the weird niche mice I've seen out there...

Dan Aris

Re:Any othetr industry?? neve happened?

[Smelly Jeffrey]

does anyone have a clue what was happening 1B seconds ago?

The Tenerife disaster occurred on March 27, 1977, which is about 1 billion seconds, or 31 years and 251 days, ago.