And the concept of "software" goes back at *least* to MIT so nobody else can get credit for having written any since then?
I did a Master's thesis on the Mac user interface in the late '80s (I forget a lot of the details now 'cause I'm old and decrepit) where I followed the whole history from the altair to Xerox PARC to Alan Kay, Douglas Englebart, Bill Atkinsons, etc. etc. etc.
I will not get into a PC/MAC fight. I've learned that you solve problems with software, so you buy the right software and then choose the most cost-effective hardware to support it. Anything beyond that is personal preference based on biases, experience, needs and taste.
The original point is that Bill Gates did not steal the Xerox PARC interface, he stole the Macintosh interface, icons, etc. etc. The ruling of the courts can be seriously debated from now 'till the end of time but the ruling stands and it doesn't much matter who copies whom anymore since the elements of a graphic user interface are now essentially in the public domain and *all* graphic user interfaces use them - Mac/PC/*nix/Chrome(probably.)
(On a personal level maybe you can tell that I'm sick to death of the PC/Mac wars....they are pointless. Nothing personal, I'm just weary of religious wars.)
Do you remember who did that cube thingy that you spin around to different sides. I think it was a windows add on third party.
“altair”
I meant the STAR. The Altair was the first home computer.
Sorry.