Engelbart, inventor of computer mouse, dies at 88  July 4, 2013
- 10:35 PM   FILE - In this April 9, 1997 file photo, Doug
Engelbart, inventor of the computer mouse and winner of the
half-million dollar 1997 Lemelson-MIT prize, poses with the
computer mouse he designed, in New York. Engelbart has died at
the age of 88. The cause of death wasn't immediately known. (AP
Photo/Michael Schmelling, File)      Engelbart "brought
tremendous value to society," said Curtis R. Carlson, the CEO of
SRI International, where Engelbart worked when it was still
known as the Stanford Research Institute. "We will miss his
genius, warmth and charm. Doug's legacy is immense. Anyone in
the world who uses a mouse or enjoys the productive benefits of
a personal computer is indebted to him."  The notion of
operating the inside of a computer with a tool on the outside
was way ahead of its time when Engelbart began working on it.
The mouse didn't become commercially available until 1984, with
the released of Apple's then-revolutionary