Douglas Engelbart - Inventing the Mouse

The Discussion

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  Thank you,
  it is so fortunate that the history of the pioneers of Computer/Internet/Web  can be archive for future generations - as opposed to just reading Old News Groups

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  great stuff, but its a pity that the restaurant was so loud. 

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  So nice video! Can you retouch it a bit brighter?
  Thanks.

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  Congrats, Scoble, you beat Cringley and his next weeks NerdTV show
  
  It's funny and really cool!

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  I am jealous at the older population who have seen the revolution happen right before their eyes.
  
  I hope to one day when I have grand kids (I'm 19) tell them what I was doing when I was their age.
  
  Edit: Wow, I'm at the last 5 minutes of the video, I love that he thinks ideas are free. He doesn't care about making the money, he cares about the evolution of the ideas.
  

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  Great discussion about Open Source at 22:13. I run an Open Source project myself. A blog too. These things don't make money. However, I think there are others out there that are compelled to evolve ideas as I am. This discussion touches on the fact that business stifles the evolution of software.
  

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  Fantastic, thank you Channel 9.
  
  

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  Hi,
  I like to share a link to Frode Hegland's site at http://www.invisiblerevolution.net/
  Please follow the video and audio links at the bottom of the page. Frode has an excellent collection of audio and video interviews with Doug Engelbart.
  enjoy
  Matthias
  
  

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  Cool!  It's always good to be reminded these things didn't magically appear, that someone actually invented it.

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  If you happen to have watched this bit: congratulation user.
  
  check out www.bootstrap.org - the official Engelbart-Site and there is another excellent interview @ www.pbs.org/nerdtv/ - Cringley's series of tech-gurus. (This time the audio is very good).
  
  Realize. The old man (in the NerdTV-Piece) is talking soft and tender but his thoughs are sharp and his ideas edgy. I would love to have such a brain at that age...
  
  There is wisdom in old men, we can sip from

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  Does anyone know his email address?

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  Matt_Rajca wrote:

  Does anyone know his email address?

  
  
  I do, send me email. rscoble@microsoft.com