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The man who fought Steve Jobs

"We screamed at each other in full furious voice, our faces about four inches apart."

Sat, 29 Nov 2014

Think of a signature moment in personal computing history – especially where it crosses over with entertainment – and Alvy Ray Smith was probably there.

The Texan was at Xerox PARC in the 1970s when the graphic user interface – later commercialised so successfully by Microsoft and Apple – was

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