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Comment Re:Are GUI/object systems really innovative? (Score 1) 171

by ryantatework (#1437218) Attached to: De Icaza Innovator of the Year
GUI systems have been around since Xerox PARC's Alto, and desktop environments with common UI tools and guidelines have many precedents (Macintosh, NeXT, OS/2, Windows).

Is GNOME really a profound innovation, or merely a case of good engineering using already established techniques to fill a niche?


Operating systems have been around since ENIAC, and OSs with common APIs and tools have many precedents.

Is GNU/Linux really a profound innovation, or merely a case of good engineering using already established techniques to fill a niche?

(and since when is good engineering merely good engineering?)

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