Doug Engelbart is dead. Long live the mouse.

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4th July 2013 | 00:29

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Doug Engelbart is dead. Long live the mouse.

I'd forgotten the wheel ones. I sold Logi mice at 104 quid each for my CAD workstations.

BBC News - Computer mouse inventor Doug Engelbart dies at 88

9th July 2013 | 04:33

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Doug Engelbart is dead. Long live the mouse.

Thanks for posting this.

I didn't know that history or the time frame in which it was introduced.

17th July 2013 | 02:32

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Mother of all demos

For those of you interested, Engelbart's 'Mother of all demos' is on YouTube. Its broken up into nine pieces, starting with this one:

Excuse the grainy black and white video. But keep in mind the time at which this was made and how far ahead Doug was.