Wesley A. Clark: The man who developed the DEC mini computer, ARPA net and the graphical user interface has died

At 88 Wesley A. Clark has died. The computer engineer who developed the DEC mini computer which was once the beating heart of the graphic industry servers. The DEC mini computer also influenced the development of ARPA net, the WorldWideWeb´s predecessor. Clark was a great influence on what we now call graphical user interface. In the sixties he was the driving force behind the development of hard and software for operator management as well as of smaller computers. His graphical interface Sketchpad inspired Doug Engelbart, inventor of the computer mouse, and Alan Kay who developed the Apple interface.