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Nerds You Should Know #2 (cont)

Doug
Engelbart

 
  • 1940's, trained as Electrical Engineer
  • 1950's, worked at NASA Ames and SRI labs
  • 1960's and 1970's, invented ...
    • the mouse
    • 2-dimensional display editing   (e.g. vi, emacs)
    • windows-based interfaces   (e.g. Mac, Windows)
    • etc. etc. etc.