Comments by "Valen Ron" (@valenrn8657) on "Why the Soviet Computer Failed" video.

@akaroth7542 In 1970, Xerox wanted to buy a million dollars of Apple’s stock. Intrigued, Steve Jobs agreed to the deal under the condition that he could visit Xerox’s secret laboratory. Xerox executives showed Jobs how they had invented a computer small enough to fit on a desk. “They were copier-heads who had no clue about what a computer could do,” Steve Jobs recounted during a 1996 interview, “Xerox could have owned the entire computer industry… [But] Picasso had a saying. He said, ‘Good artists copy, great artists steal.’ And we have always been shameless about stealing great ideas.” Steve Jobs: "Good artists copy, great artists steal".
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@akaroth7542 Apple Lisa's GUI was a rough copy of Xerox's Alto GUI. The lead programmer for Windows 1.x/2.x/3.x and Windows 95's DirectX was the founder of Valve i.e. Gabe Newell. Gabe Newell ported Doom for Windows 95. Windows NT's development was led by David Neil Cutler Sr (Dave Culter) from DEC VMS. Dave Culter joined Xbox Team since this division is responsible for client-side Windows and Xbox. Bill Gates employed Gabe Newell. Commodore-Amiga Workbench 1.0 has a preemptive multitasking OS with a colored GUI before Apple's. Valve's game-centric SteamOS has Proton that cloned Windows/DirectX APIs.
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Seymour Cray's CDC 6600 from 1964 is often mentioned as the first superscalar design. The 1967 IBM System/360 Model 91 was another superscalar mainframe. The real innovation is in the consumer market with lower-cost mass production.
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