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Originally Posted by theducks
So I will state for the world: Jon is mistaken in his belief that the term FOLDERS are incorrect (and Billy G has so much more $$$ than you  because of providing FOLDERS to those that do not want to deal with a CLI ) |
Uh, uh - the term 'Folders' came from Xerox first on Alto then on the Star.
First usage I recall seeing beyond that was on Apple Lisa. Don't blame/credit Billie G with something he didn't do, you might want to blame Stevie's 'wunderkinder' Jobs & Woz for popularizing it, but credit goes to Xerox. Lisa was released in 1985 - Alto/Star were released in the '70s.
I think 'folder' might have entered the Seattle lexicon with Win 95.
Bill Gates sneered at Apple's use of the term 'folder', 'baby words' might have been his expression, that was at a corporate lunch in the late '80's.
Attached is a screen shot from Xerox Star, circa Nov 1978
re Jon's post
Some Facts on the Ground
BR