mochiman180 t1_j1pk92q wrote on December 26, 2022 at 10:27 AM Reply to TIL Douglas Engelbart never received any royalties for the invention of the mouse. In an interview he said "SRI (Stanford Research Institute) patented the mouse, but they had no idea of its value. Some years later it was known that they had licensed it to Apple Computer for something like $40,000." by whoiskamalsingh So smart, yet so stupid. Permalink −3−
mochiman180 t1_iydexds wrote on November 30, 2022 at 4:04 PM Reply to comment by simpingforFutaba in 5 - 4 * 8 by Fluffiddy -27 Permalink Parent 12
mochiman180 t1_j1pk92q wrote
Reply to TIL Douglas Engelbart never received any royalties for the invention of the mouse. In an interview he said "SRI (Stanford Research Institute) patented the mouse, but they had no idea of its value. Some years later it was known that they had licensed it to Apple Computer for something like $40,000." by whoiskamalsingh
So smart, yet so stupid.