Re: Universal Translator need
[ Home ][ Thread ][ Subject ][ Author ][ Date ]Jaron Lanier
Wed, 15 Oct 97 15:20:54 PDT
>Someone in Sausalito with specific and ongoing experience with this is good
>old Bill English, long of Xerox PARC (and earlier at Doug Engelbart's SRI).
>He maintains an operating Alto from PARC, circa 1973. Xerox uses it and
>him to protect patents for things like windows, icons, popup menus, etc.
>etc.
Great example. The irony and difficulty is that it is exactly those kinds
of ahead-of-their-time, influential interactive systems which are the most
important to preserve- and the hardest.
Best,
Jaron
Reply: Stewart Brand: "Re: Universal Translator need"