Bill Gates on Vista and Apple's 'Lying' Ads (Mac OS X vs Vista)

[Tom M.Blenko]

On Feb 2, 2007, at 9:51 PM, LuKreme wrote:

> On 2-Feb-2007, at 15:46, Tom M.Blenko wrote:
>>> Who *did* invent the File/Edit/etc. menu convention?  Obviously it 
>>> was burned into the Mac long before Windows existed.  But did the 
>>> convention exist in Microsoft text-based programs before the Mac?  
>>> Did it exist at PARC?
>>
>> Yes, more or less. It wasn't standardized (or sort-of standardized) 
>> across applications.
>
> Are you sure about this?  I don't recall teh PARC interface even 
> HAVING a menu bar.

Well, it's been more than 20 years but yes, that's what I recall. I 
don't know that all applications used the bar and I do believe that it 
was (entirely) up to the programmer what appeared in the bar.

	Tom