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>And Steve Jobs brought a bunch of the PARC researchers to work on the Lisa project, which led to the Mac

Here's a timeline, but
I've pulled it without the links.
for the links, go here.

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			1962
		Oct	Douglas Engelbart writes a proposal called “Augmenting Human Intellect: A conceptual framework”
			1963
			A Ph.D. thesis describing Sketchpad is defended by Ivan Sutherland
			1968
			Douglas Engelbart demoes oNLine System at the Fall Joint Computer Conference in San Francisco
			1970
			Douglas Engelbart receives a patent for a computer mouse
			1979
		30 Jul	The Lisa project begins
			1980
			Psion Software is founded
		Mar	Lisa project changes directions, including many features from Xerox Alto
			1981
			Apollo Computer releases the DN100 workstation with a proprietary GUI
			QUNIX is released
			Xerox 8010 Star is released
			1982
		Nov	Visi On is demoed at COMDEX trade show
			1983
		19 Jan	Lisa Office System 1 is released
			Lisa Office System 2 is released
		Oct	Visi On is released
		10 Nov	Windows 1.0 is announced
			1984
			QNX 1.0 is released
			Lisa Office System 7/7 3 is released
			IRIX 1.0 is released
		24 Jan	System 1 is released
		May	X Window System 1 is released
			1985
			NeXT, Inc. is founded
			MouseDesk/DeskTop is released
			GEM is released
			ViewPoint 1.0 is released
			TOS 1.0 is released
		29 Apr	Macintosh XL (Lisa) is discontinued
		Sep	Workbench 1.0 is released
		20 Oct	Windows 1.0 is released
			X Window System 9 is released
			X Window System 10 is released
			IRIX 2.0 is released
			IRIX 3.0 is released
		Jan	System 3 is released
		Mar	GEOS for Commodore is released
		24 Mar	GEM/2 is released
			1987
			GS/OS is released
			QNX 2.0 is released
			ArthurOS is released
		Mar	System 4 is released
		15 Sep	X Window System 11 is released
		9 Dec	Windows 2.0 is released
			1988
			GEOS for Apple II is released
			GEM/3 is released
			GEM/5 is released
		Apr	AT&T announces OPEN LOOK
		Jun	System 6 is released
		12 Oct	NeXTSTEP 0.8 is released
		31 Oct	OS/2 1.10 is released
			1989
			OSF/Motif is released by Open Software Foundation
			NewWave 1.0 is released
			ViewPoint 2.0 is released
		Apr	OPEN LOOK 1.0 is released
			RISC OS 2 is released
		Sep	EPOC/16 (SIBO) is released
		18 Sep	NeXTSTEP 1.0 is released
		Oct	OS/2 1.20 is released
			NewWave 2.0 is released
			Be, Inc. founded by Jean-Louis Gassée of Apple’s fame
			Workbench 2.0 is released
			OPEN LOOK 2.0 is released
			OPEN LOOK 3.0 is released
			GeoWorks is released
			QNX 4.0 is released
			NewWave 3.0 is released
			ViewMAX is released
			TOS 3.0 is released
		May	Apple spins off General Magic
		22 May	Windows 3.0 is released
		18 Sep	NeXTSTEP 2.0 is released
		20 Sep	GlobalView 1.0 is released
		Dec	OS/2 1.30 is released
		10 Dec	OPEN LOOK 4.0 is released
			1991
			IRIX 4.0 is released
		Mar	TOS 2.0 is released
		May	System 7 is released
		Sep	RISC OS 3 is released
			1992
			Workbench 3.0 is released
			NewWave 4.0 is released
			TOS 4.0 is released
		22 Jan	PenPoint 1.0 is released
		Mar	OS/2 2 is released
		6 Apr	Windows 3.1 is released
		May	Newton prototype is shown at Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago
		Sep	NeXTSTEP 3.0 is released
			IRIX 5.0 is released
			CDE 1.0 is released
			Packard Bell Navigator 1.0 is released
		8 Feb	Magic Cap is announced
		27 Jul	Windows NT 3.1 is released
		3 Aug	Newton OS 1.0 is released
			1994
			Amiga OS 3.1 is released
		10 Mar	Packard Bell Navigator 2.0 is released
		Apr	RISC OS 3.5 is released
		21 Sep	Windows NT 3.5 is released
		29 Sep	Magic Cap 1.0 is released
		Oct	OS/2 Warp 3 is released
			1995
			Packard Bell Navigator 3.0 is released
		Jan	System 7.5 is released
		31 Mar	Bob is released
		24 Aug	Windows 95 is released
		30 Oct	Magic Cap 1.5 is released
		4 Dec	Magic Cap for Windows is announced
			IRIX 6.0 is released
			Apple buys NeXT Software, Inc. in order to use NeXTSTEP as the foundation of its next Mac OS
			New Deal Office is released
			GlobalView 2.0 is released
			Newton OS 2.0 is released
		22 Jul	OPENSTEP 4.0 is released
		24 Aug	Windows NT 4.0 is released
		Sep	OS/2 Warp 4 is released
		7 Oct	Magic Cap for Windows is released
		14 Oct	KDE is announced
		Nov	Windows CE 1.0 is released
			Magic Cap 2.0 is released
			EPOC R1-R3 is released
		12 Feb	Magic Cap 3.0 is released
		Jul	BeOS PR is released
		22 Jul	Mac OS 8 is released
		Aug	GNOME is announced
		Sep	Rhapsody is released
		29 Sep	Windows CE 2.0 is released
			1998
			Psion, Ericsson, Nokia and Motorola form Symbian
			EPOC R4 is released
		27 Feb	Apple discontinues Newton OS and Newton devices
		Apr	BeOS R3 is released
		May	IRIX 6.5 is released
		25 Jun	Windows 98 is released
		12 Jul	KDE 1.0 is released
		Dec	BeOS R4 is released
			1999
			Amiga OS 3.5 is released
			EPOC R5 is released
		Mar	GNOME 1.0 is released
		16 Mar	Mac OS X Server is released
		Jul	RISC OS 4 is released
		23 Oct	Mac OS 9 is released
			2000
			A first mobile phone using Symbian OS is released (Ericsson R380)
		18 Jan	BeOS R5 is released
		7 Feb	BeIA is released
		17 Feb	Windows 2000 is released
		15 Jun	Windows CE 3.0 is released
		Sep	Symbian OS 6.0 is released
		14 Sep	Windows Millennium Edition is released
		23 Oct	KDE 2.0 is released
		4 Dec	Amiga OS 3.9 is released
			2001
			Serenity Systems starts reselling OS/2, calling it eComStation
			QNX 6.0 is released
		24 Mar	Mac OS X is released
		10 Jul	eComStation 1.0 is released
		25 Oct	Windows XP is released
			2002
			BreadBox Ensemble is released
		7 Jan	Windows CE 4.0 is released
		3 Apr	KDE 3.0 is released
		Jun	GNOME 2.0 is released
		23 Aug	Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar is released
		17 Sep	General Magic announces that it is ceasing operations
			2003
		Apr	Symbian OS 7.0 is released
		18 Apr	eComStation 1.1 is released
		24 Apr	Windows Server 2003 is released
		May	Windows Vista, the successor of Windows XP, is announced (under the code name Longhorn)
		24 Oct	Mac OS X 10.3 Panther is released
			2004
		Feb	Symbian OS 8.0 is released
		Jul	Windows CE 5.0 is released
		18 Dec	eComStation 1.2 is released
			2005
		29 Apr	Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger is released
			2006
			Amiga OS 4.0 is to be released
			Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard is to be released
			Windows CE 6.0 is to be released
			Symbian OS 9.0 is to be released
			2007
			Windows Vista is to be released