Comment on Why is the mouse cursor slightly tilted and not straight?Comments−ck212yWe owe so much to xerox, did they ever make money off all that R&D ?−GoofballJones12yThey did from Apple. Despite the lore of Steve Jobs "stealing" everything from PARC, there was a deal in place before Xerox ever showed anyone.−jackgavigan12ySRI, not Xerox, were the assignee on the original patent for the mouse: http://www.google.com/patents/US3541541PS: "SRI licensed the computer mouse technology to Apple, Xerox, and other companies. The mouse became commercially viable in 1984, three years before the patent's expiration." - http://www.sri.com/work/timeline-innovation/timeline.php?tim...
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We owe so much to xerox, did they ever make money off all that R&D ?
They did from Apple. Despite the lore of Steve Jobs "stealing" everything from PARC, there was a deal in place before Xerox ever showed anyone.
SRI, not Xerox, were the assignee on the original patent for the mouse: http://www.google.com/patents/US3541541
PS: "SRI licensed the computer mouse technology to Apple, Xerox, and other companies. The mouse became commercially viable in 1984, three years before the patent's expiration." - http://www.sri.com/work/timeline-innovation/timeline.php?tim...