Greetings, Adam!  Wonderful work you folks are doing, and much appreciated.

Yes, I know Alan takes no credit for the mouse; the credit for that and for
so much of what underlies (and overlays) what we've come to think of as
'modern' computing belongs to Doug Engelbart and his seminal NLS work.  (For
a demo that can still raise the hair on the back of the neck see
http://sloan.stanford.edu/mousesite/1968Demo.html).  Engelbart, Sutherland
and others were some of the shoulders upon which Alan and his various teams
stood.

I sincerely hope a decade or two from now we'll be talking about those who
stood on Alan's shoulders to bring to light whatever wonders have formed the
apex of the new pyramid, and I hope the name of Adam Guren will be on that
list.

Gary

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Adam Guren" <aguren at adelphia.net>
To: "'The general-purpose Squeak developers list'"
<squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 4:44 PM
Subject: RE: Alan Kay interview in HP Business View


> The mouse is more than just a stretch.  Alan always says that the mouse
> was Doug Engelbart's invention and that he had no part in it.  But I
> will be interested in what Alan has to say about this.
>
> Adam
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> PS For those of you who don't know me, my name is Adam Guren and I am
> interning at Viewpoints Research Institute with Alan, Kim and Pat this
> summer.  (I don't believe that I have introduced myself on the list
> before, but I have met a bunch of you at Viewpoints).
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: squeak-dev-bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org
> [mailto:squeak-dev-bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org] On Behalf Of Gary
> Fisher
> Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 12:13 PM
> To: The general-purpose Squeak developers list
> Subject: Re: Alan Kay interview in HP Business View
>
> From: "Craig Latta" <craig at netjam.org>
>     >
>     > I'm surprised they didn't say he invented Cookie Monster too! :)
>     >
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> Yeah, why'd they leave that out?
>
> <G>
>
> Actually, I think the *mouse* might be a bit of a stretch, but for the
> rest,
> well, HP has good reason to be enthusiastic.
>
> Gary
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