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by HarHarVeryFunny 362 days ago
In context those are just tweaks ... Xerox designed the entire WIMP (Windows, Icons, Mouse, Pointer) UI concept, including the bitmapped display it is based on, first commercial mouse, ethernet networking ...

Xerox's invention was visionary and pioneering. Apple's was just engineering iteration.

It's as if one company designed the automobile and you want to give outsized credit to someone else who added turn indicators.

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That is basically how cars have progressed though..
Sure - there's a lot of value that can be added though iterative refinement and enhancement, but let's give credit for innovation where it is due.