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50 Years of Microsoft: Windows, a Searchable interface...

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An article from January 18, 1988 summarizes Microsoft's ambiguity with the GUI: eclecticism in the user interface. For Apple, the IU is part of the DNA of Lisa and then Macintosh. As early as 1980, Steve Jobs literally reboots Lisa's OS before imposing on the Macintosh project. As we have mentioned in the story of Windows, Paul Allen wanted to raise Bill Gates' awareness of the graphical interface. Allen knew the Xerox Park's Alto and the work a…
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An article from January 18, 1988 summarizes Microsoft's ambiguity with the GUI: eclecticism in the user interface. For Apple, the IU is part of the DNA of Lisa and then Macintosh. As early as 1980, Steve Jobs literally reboots Lisa's OS before imposing on the Macintosh project. As we have mentioned in the story of Windows, Paul Allen wanted to raise Bill Gates' awareness of the graphical interface. Allen knew the Xerox Park's Alto and the work a…

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Programmez! broke the news in on Friday, July 11, 2025.
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