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To: gibsonguy

“What a huge contribution he made.”
Back in the day, I worked with an IBM Fellow at IBM Yorktown Heights, that invented the cursor. That was a great achievement as well.


6 posted on 02/21/2020 7:15:42 AM PST by duckman ( Not tired of winning!)
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To: duckman

Yes, and people have been looking for it ever since!.................


10 posted on 02/21/2020 7:21:27 AM PST by Red Badger (If people were to God like dogs are to people, the world would be a really great place..............)
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To: duckman
Back in the day, I worked with an IBM Fellow at IBM Yorktown Heights, that invented the cursor. That was a great achievement as well.

I'm pretty sure people have been cursing since Biblical times.

26 posted on 02/21/2020 8:08:56 AM PST by zeugma (I sure wish I lived in a country where the rule of law actually applied to those in power.)
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To: duckman
Some achievements are bigger than others. Some are fleeting and not often seen.


29 posted on 02/21/2020 8:11:07 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: duckman

#6 Microsoft invented ‘Windows” and people have been cursoring ever since... : )


43 posted on 02/21/2020 9:12:28 AM PST by minnesota_bound (homeless guy. He just has more money....He the master will plant more cotton for the democrat party)
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To: duckman

Yup! And from that came the best early computer game — PONG!


44 posted on 02/21/2020 9:24:52 AM PST by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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I got my undergrad at NC State University where one of our professors was the guy who invented CTRL-ALT-DEL.


46 posted on 02/21/2020 10:04:20 AM PST by Future Snake Eater (Plans are worthless, but planning is everything. - Dwight Eisenhower, 1957)
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