[net.works] Why did HP use a touch screen on the 150?

RICH.GVT%OFFICE-3@sri-unix.UUCP (01/02/84)

From:  Rich Zellich  <RICH.GVT@OFFICE-3>

Perhaps it was the same blindness affecting many of the executives here and at 
our headquarters (ALMSA and HQ DARCOM, respectively).  They see a mouse not as a
user-friendly, easy-to-[learn-to-]use pointing device, but rather as a gee-whiz 
techno-gadget that will scare users off.  They see the good ol' finger as a more
user-friendly pointing method that will \not/ scare the user off.

I see their point but, personally, think they're way off base.

-Rich