Thursday, 4. July 2013

Doug Engelbart, Who Foresaw the Modern Computer, Dies at 88


Douglas Engelbart — the father of the computer mouse and so many of the other basic concepts that drive our personal machines and the modern internet — has died at the age of 88.

According to an email from his daughter, posted to a mailing list dedicated to classic computers, Engelbart died “peacefully” in his sleep at his home in Atherton, California.

wired.com

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