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To: Russ who wrote (8463)2/12/1998 9:52:00 PM
From: Dylan  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 213177
 
<<One was O-O programming, and I forget what the other one was.>>

The other was something related to the internet... -Dylan



To: Russ who wrote (8463)2/13/1998 1:39:00 AM
From: Doren  Respond to of 213177
 
Russ,

>>Jobs has since said that he was exposed to 3 mindblowing innovations there, and of them, the GUI was the least significant, but he was so blown away by that that he didn't appreciate the other two for years. One was O-O programming, and I forget what the other one was.<<

The Mouse.

Doren



To: Russ who wrote (8463)2/13/1998 1:24:00 PM
From: BillHoo  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 213177
 
<<Xerox was a major stockholder of Apple, and invited Jobs and Wozniak up to tour the lab.>>

There was an article in Forbes last year where some guy was featured as the "father" of the Mac (No, it wasn't Gassee) who claimed that Jobs was very much against using what he had heard Xerox was developing until this guy convinced him to tour the lab. Suddenly, Jobs smiled.

-Bill_H