Subj : Alan Kay tribute to Ted N
To   : Chickenhead
From : Grease
Date : Sat Oct 26 2019 10:18:00

-=> 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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