Subj : Alan Kay tribute to Ted N
To   : Chickenhead
From : Grease
Date : Sat Oct 26 2019 10:18 am

-=> Chickenhead wrote to All <=-

Ch> Just thought I would post this here as a bit of general interest in
Ch> computer archaeology as well as possible future (hopefully).   Alan Kay
Ch> is of course the creator of Smalltalk, and the "GUI" that inspired
Ch> Steve Jobs.   Ted Nelson is the iconoclastic mind behind Project
Ch> Xanadu, what would inspire that which we call the "world wide web"...or
Ch> as Ted would say, "they stole the idea, and badly."

Ch> This is a fascinating video...I had no idea that Ted and Alan had
Ch> crossed paths, and even less of an ide that Alan's future wife was
Ch> involved with the creation of TRON.

Ch> https://youtu.be/AnrlSqtpOkw


Cool. Will check it out.

Grease

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