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Alan Kay Says iPad Betrays Xerox PARC Vision

Posted by timothy on from the and-so-it-goes dept.

harrymcc writes "Over at TIME.com, we've published David Greelish's interview with Alan Kay, the famously quotable visionary whose Dynabook proposal has provided much of the inspiration for advances in mobile computing for over 40 years now. Kay talks about his work, laments that the computer has failed to live up to its potential as an educational tool, and says that the iPad betrays the vision that he and others created at Xerox PARC and elsewhere in the 1970s."

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  1. Re:Fanboy attack by jedidiah · · Score: 0, Troll

    Your post is total fanboy rubbish.

    Tablets are awkward at best for work and the level of control Apple exerts over the platform is artistically stifling as well as being an unnecessary financial burden.

    We understand all too well.

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  2. Re:Fanboy attack by falcon5768 · · Score: 1, Troll

    The only "fanboi" rubbish here is yours, I record my music and administer my servers in SSH perfectly fine on my iPad, and have done the same on my Android.

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