44 points sammatilda 1 hour ago 4 comments
bix6 40 minutes ago | parent
Who did they sell to for the $50k royalty?
gwern 29 minutes ago | parent
For perspective, that's >$320k today. For 'switching apps'. It's always kinda crazy to look back and realize how incredibly minute and small programs were back them. Like 'spellcheck' being a project you'd assign half a dozen programmers to or Knuth would write almost a book about.
thechairman12 24 minutes ago | parent
Whimsical follow up here: $100k invested in the S&P 500 around 1984 would be $4.5mm today. Thought some people would like to know this as well :)
tomhow 23 minutes ago | parent
Previously:
Switcher (2004) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32414661 - Aug 2022 (30 comments)
"Don't argue with me. $100,000 is fair, and you know it." - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1637862 - Aug 2010 (110 comments)
Mac OS gets multi-tasking - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1319308 - May 2010 (7 comments)