Pioneers of WIMPishness (was: A great Alan Kay quote)

[Christos TZOTZIOY Georgiou]

On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 03:08:11 GMT, rumours say that claird at lairds.us (Cameron
Laird) might have written:

>I entirely agree that Engelbart deserves full recognition for his
>achievements.  At the same time, I think we also should note that
>Ted Nelson was publishing articles about "hypertext" in '65, and
>Vannevar Bush lucidly explained his vision for textual linking in
>'45.  With a little provocation, I can push the ideas of "mechanical"
>or "machine" referencing back at least to the Enlightenment, and
>arguably much farther.

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