From: Will Senn <will.senn@gmail.com>
To: TUHS main list <tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org>
Subject: [TUHS] in memoriam - Bill English, mouse co-creator
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2020 17:49:55 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <0bf32a22-d5a5-788f-a818-1fbe704a55bf@gmail.com> (raw)
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All,
About a week ago, Bill English passed away. He was a Xerox guy, who
along with Douglas Engelbart of "Mother of all demos" fame, created our
beloved mouse:
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-53638033
I remember, back in the mid-1980's being part of a focus group
evaluating Microsoft's mouse. Wow, time flies.
-Will
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2020-08-10 22:49 Will Senn [this message]
2020-08-11 14:01 ` Clem Cole
2020-08-11 17:30 ` Earl Baugh
2020-08-11 17:40 ` Lawrence Stewart
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