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What if... Things had been different

Interesting "what if" article on the tech world

         

hannamyluv

4:09 pm on Jan 26, 2005 (gmt 0)

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What if Moore's Law had ended as expected?
What if Apple Computer had licensed the Mac OS?
What if IBM had not allowed Microsoft to license?
What if Larry Ellison drove an RV?
What if Digital had succeeded?
What if the mouse had not been invented?

What if? An alternative history of tech [news.com.com]

Hmm... Kind of makes you think of other what ifs. Like what if Google (for some reason) did not exist? What would the search world look like now?

MichaelBluejay

5:12 pm on Jan 26, 2005 (gmt 0)

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Here's my favorite:

What if Apple had won its lawsuit against Microsoft for stealing its user interface in the mid-90's?

A very different world, I suspect.

supermanjnk

9:23 pm on Jan 26, 2005 (gmt 0)

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What if Xerox had patented the mouse. (since the created the first cursor based pointing device)
What if Xerox had patented the GUI

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treeline

10:12 pm on Jan 26, 2005 (gmt 0)

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What if Microsoft wrote & patched software that was resistant to viruses and spyware?

MichaelBluejay

5:09 am on Mar 9, 2005 (gmt 0)

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What if whoever invented email made it impossible for spammers to send messages anonymously?