Douglas Engelbart dies at age 88; computer visionary
Doug Engelbart: A computing giant passes away
Who’s Who in Collective Intelligence: Douglas Engelbart
Alpha E-H, Collective Intelligence
Dr. Douglas C. Engelbart, Founder Emeritus of the Doug Engelbart Institute*, has an unparalleled track record in predicting, designing, and implementing the future of organizational computing. From his early vision of turning organizations into augmented knowledge workshops, he went on to pioneer what is now known as collaborative hypermedia, knowledge management, community networking, and organizational transformation.1
Well-known technological firsts include the mouse, display editing, windows, cross-file editing, outline processing, hypermedia, and groupware. Integrated prototypes were in full operation under the NLS system, as early as 1968. In the last decade of its continued evolution, thousands of users have benefited from its unique team support capabilities.2
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1994 Engelbart (US) Toward High-Performance Organizations: A Strataegic Role for Groupware
Collective Intelligence, Historic Contributions, Technologies
Doug Engelbart invented the mouse, hypertext, and other foundational elements for what we have today in the way of cyberspace communications. He received $10,000 from the Stanford Research Institute (SRI) for his mouse patent. They sold it to Logitech for $80,000, and of course today there are billions of the little suckers generating perpetual revenue. He remains devoted to achieving the Holy Grail: enabling the human species to fulfil its role as Earth sense-maker and cosmic force. Below is the presentation he made to OSS '94.
