r/interesting • u/tyrion2024 • 19d ago

MISC. After Steve Jobs learned about Windows (which used a mouse & a GUI), he accused Bill Gates of stealing Apple's idea. Gates replied "Well Steve...I think it's more like we both had this rich neighbor named Xerox & I broke into his house to steal the TV set & found out that you had already stolen it."

https://www.the-independent.com/life-style/bill-gates-steve-jobs-friends-feud-a7627431.html
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u/randperrin 19d ago

Kodak with a working digital camera in 1975. Makes sense for them to have left it in the vault with the Ark of The Covenant though.

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u/TurningTheCorner26 19d ago

Kodak's DCS line of dSLRs were the dominant digital camera for professional use in the 90s and early 2000s. They continued to earn royalties on their digital photography patents until they sold them in 2012.

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u/TasteyMeatloaf 18d ago

I worked for both Xerox and Kodak. Interesting times.