The Mother of all Demos

When I was told we had to read an article about this topic I had no idea what I was looking into and how important it was. Now I have a clearer understanding. 

"The Mother of All Demos" is a name given to Douglas Engelbart's December 9, 1968, computer demonstration at the Fall Joint Computer Conference in San Francisco. This was a live demonstration that featured the introduction of a complete computer hardware—software system called the oN-Line System or also known as, NLS. This presentation demonstrated the "fundamental elements of modern personal computing: multiple windows, hypertext, graphics, efficient navigation and command input, video conferencing, the computer mouse, word processing, dynamic file linking, revision control, and a collaborative real-time editor (collaborative work)." 

This demonstration showed what they had been working on for years and the hard work it took to get where we are today. This was life changing to the technology world. It was recently the 45 year anniversary of this public presentation and this was a big step for the advancement of computers and without this where would technology be today?