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How Steve Jobs got the ideas of GUI from XEROX

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How Steve Jobs got the ideas of GUI from XEROX

A short video telling how Xerox PARC invented the graphical user interface and how Steve Jobs's 1979 visit influenced Apple's Lisa.

HN cites it as a reference in debates over how much Apple borrowed from Xerox and what Xerox management failed to see.

4 Hacker News mentions · 2016–2025

Topics

  • GUI, HCI & interface history
  • History of computing
  • Tech company stories & documentaries

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