What if the mouse was never developed by Xerox? How would this affect the computer's development?
The Mouse was based on Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. When Walt and Ub Iwerks were dismissed by Universal, the company kept the character (and kept on doing Oswald cartoons until 1943).
If there had been a legal kerfuffle and the guys at Universal had decided "oh let them keep the IP rights, they'll go broke soon enough", then Walt and Ub and the gang might not have decided to do Their Own Version . . .
Oh, you mean a computer mouse!
Never mind.
PS: Disney acquired the rights to Oswald the Lucky Rabbit in 2006.
First produced in 1968, thus predating the Xerox offering.trackball...
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