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How much did the inventor of the computer mouse initially make from his invention?
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∙ 14y ago
The mouse was invented maybe 30 years ago at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Centre. (PARC) But there is no information on who exactly invented it, or if that person made any money.
Not true, Douglas C. Engelbart invented the mouse. He was at Xerox PARC at the time. According to Peter Forbes, "Engelbart, who had patented the mouse in 1967 in Stanford's name, never made any money from it; Stanford Research Institute licensed the idea to Apple for a nominal sum."
Steve Jobs saw the mouse in action as part of their research on user interfaces and "borrowed" the mouse and the GUI interface concept for the Apple PC.
Since Xerox was not successful in the PC business, I guess Jobs deserves a lot of the credit for making the mouse and the GUI interface the de facto user interface for the whole personal computer industry.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 16y agoPeople say that they do not know exactly who made the mouse, or how much he made from it, ask your teacher if this is for school and tell her the information I am giving you.
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Douglas engelbart invention?
mousechording keyboardvarious other computer interface devices that were also dismissed as useless
Who is Douglas Englebart?
he is an American inventor of the computer mouse.
What is the name of the man who invented the computer mouse?
Xerox
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Douglas Engelbart, an American inventor.
What did Douglas engelbart invent that he found handy?
He was the Inventor of the Computer Mouse
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How much does a 1963 computer mouse cost?
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Who is Douglas C Englebart?
Inventor of the mouse and several other human-computer interface devices.
What did Douglas engebart invent?
Douglas Engebart invented the computer mouse in 1970. Even though he is the one who invented the computer mouse, he never received any royalties for the invention.
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