Comment on The Long Strange Trip to Java (1996)Comments−achille13yHere's a video of James Gosling showing the the Star7 PDA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahg8OBYixL0It's absolutely mindblowing what they built in one year in 1992(!). It had had a touch screen and inertial scrolling.−ww52013yThese are true hackers! It is absolutely mind boggling how far ahead they were 20 years ago.−Someone13yNice, but more a research vehicle than a PDA. About three times as thick as the later Newton, which wasn't known for its thinness, and does not look battery operated yet (scroll to 8:45 in the video)Also, 1992 was late for touch screens. Plato (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato_computer) had one in 1972, and wasn't even the first (http://billbuxton.com/multitouchOverview.html)So, like almost everything in technology, once you zoom out enough, things that seemed outliers start to fit in patterns.−gst13yWouldn't that be prior art to Apple's scrolling patent?−monochromatic13yPrior art? Sure.Invalidating prior art? Well, that's a very different question.−untitledly13ySadly the modern legal system is owned by whoever has the most money to throw at lawyers.−monochromatic13yWhat are you even talking about?
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Here's a video of James Gosling showing the the Star7 PDA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahg8OBYixL0
It's absolutely mindblowing what they built in one year in 1992(!). It had had a touch screen and inertial scrolling.
These are true hackers! It is absolutely mind boggling how far ahead they were 20 years ago.
Nice, but more a research vehicle than a PDA. About three times as thick as the later Newton, which wasn't known for its thinness, and does not look battery operated yet (scroll to 8:45 in the video)
Also, 1992 was late for touch screens. Plato (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato_computer) had one in 1972, and wasn't even the first (http://billbuxton.com/multitouchOverview.html)
So, like almost everything in technology, once you zoom out enough, things that seemed outliers start to fit in patterns.
Wouldn't that be prior art to Apple's scrolling patent?
Prior art? Sure.
Invalidating prior art? Well, that's a very different question.
Sadly the modern legal system is owned by whoever has the most money to throw at lawyers.
What are you even talking about?