While working at the Pentagon in the 1960s, he instigated the creation of Arpanet – a computer network that initially linked together four US research centres, and later evolved into the internet.  At Xerox, he later oversaw the first computer with desktop-inspired icons and a word processor that formed the basis of Microsoft Word.

Source: BBC Technology News

Date: April 18th, 2017

Link: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-39621198

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This is a very interesting historical article on an important figure in the MIS world.