Visual Computing Systems
https://nooron.org/know/computing_systems
 This is a knowledge base of computing systems, their origins, their creators and their relations with other such systems. It was created to modernize, expand on and support the ongoing maintenance requirements of the "Bushy Tree Diagram" created by John Redant, Bruce Damer and others: http://www.digibarn.com/stories/desktop-history/bushytree.html which was inspired by 'The Xerox "Star": A Retrospective' http://www.digibarn.com/friends/curbow/star/retrospect/index.html 
1. The Persons
You know, a PERSON! When this gets more involved lets put it in the people_ontology.
1.1. Adele Goldberg
1.2. Alan C. Kay
1.3. Butler Lampson
1.4. Chuck Thacker
1.5. David Robson
1.6. Dick Shoup
1.7. Douglas Engelbart
1.8. James Gosling
1.9. John F. Rulifson
1.10. Kristen Nygaard
1.11. Mike Sheridan
1.12. Ole-Johan Dahl
1.13. Patrick Naughton
1.14. Ted Kaehler
1.15. Vannevar Bush
1.16. William K. English
2. The Institutions
Institutions are any kind of organization, including businesses, governments, non-profits and so on.
2.1. Augmentation Research Center
2.2. Advanced Research Project Agency
2.3. Evans and Sutherland
2.4. Norwegian Computing Centre
2.5. Palo Alto Research Center
2.6. Stanford AI Labs
2.7. Sun MicroSystems
3. The Software Systems
Software Systems are thought of as being capable of running on one or more Hardware Systems.
3.1. Alto
3.1.1. InfluencedBy
 FLEX 
 NLS 
 ReactiveEngine 
3.1.2. DescendedFrom
 EandSprojects 
 StanfordAILabsProjects 
3.1.3. DesignedBy
 ButlerLampson 
 ChuckThacker 
3.1.4. CommencedInYear
 1972 
3.1.5. PrimaryURL
 http://www.digibarn.com/collections/systems/xerox-alto/index.html 
3.2. Augment
3.2.1. ProductOf
 ARC 
3.2.2. DescendedFrom
 NLS 
3.2.3. DesignedBy
 DouglasEngelbart 
3.2.4. ProgrammedBy
 DouglasEngelbart 
 JohnFRulifson 
 WilliamKEnglish 
3.2.5. PrimaryURL
 http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/hasrg/histsci/ssvoral/engelbart/main4-ntb.html 
3.3. Bravo
3.3.1. ProductOf
 PARC 
3.3.2. InfluencedBy
 Alto 
3.3.3. CommencedInYear
 1972 
3.4. Draw
3.4.1. ProductOf
 PARC 
3.4.2. InfluencedBy
 Alto 
3.4.3. CommencedInYear
 1972 
3.5. Evans and Sutherland projects
3.5.1. ProductOf
 EvansAndSutherland 
3.5.2. DescendedFrom
 StanfordAILabsProjects 
3.5.3. ReleasedInYear
 1968 
3.5.4. PrimaryURL
 http://www.digitalcentury.com/encyclo/update/e 
3.6. a FLexible EXtendable language
3.6.1. InfluencedBy
 NLS 
3.6.2. DesignedBy
 AlanCKay 
3.6.3. ProgrammedBy
 AlanCKay 
3.6.4. ReleasedInYear
 1968 
3.6.5. PrimaryURL
 http://www.mprove.de/diplom/gui/kay68.html 
3.7. Markup
3.7.1. ProductOf
 PARC 
3.7.2. InfluencedBy
 Alto 
3.7.3. CommencedInYear
 1972 
3.8. Memex
3.8.1. DesignedBy
 VannevarBush 
3.8.2. CommencedInYear
 1945 
3.8.3. PrimaryURL
 http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/flashbks/computer/bushf.htm 
3.9. NLS
3.9.1. InfluencedBy
 Memex 
3.9.2. DesignedBy
 DouglasEngelbart 
3.9.3. ProgrammedBy
 DouglasEngelbart 
 JohnFRulifson 
 WilliamKEnglish 
3.9.4. ReleasedInYear
 1968 
3.9.5. PrimaryURL
 http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/On-Line_System 
3.10. Oak
3.10.1. ProductOf
 Sun 
3.10.2. InfluencedBy
 Smalltalk 
3.10.3. DesignedBy
 JamesGosling 
 MikeSheridan 
 PatrickNaughton 
3.10.4. ProgrammedBy
 JamesGosling 
 MikeSheridan 
 PatrickNaughton 
3.10.5. CommencedInYear
 1990 
3.10.6. ReleasedInYear
 1992 
3.10.7. PrimaryURL
 http://java.sun.com/people/jag/green/ 
3.10.8. RanOn
 Star7 
3.11. Press
3.11.1. ProductOf
 PARC 
3.11.2. InfluencedBy
 Alto 
3.11.3. CommencedInYear
 1972 
3.12. Reactive Engine
3.12.1. InfluencedBy
 Memex 
3.12.2. DesignedBy
 AlanCKay 
3.12.3. ProgrammedBy
 AlanCKay 
3.12.4. ReleasedInYear
 1969 
3.12.5. PrimaryURL
 http://www.mprove.de/diplom/gui/kay69.html 
3.13. Sil
3.13.1. ProductOf
 PARC 
3.13.2. InfluencedBy
 Alto 
3.13.3. CommencedInYear
 1972 
3.14. Simula
3.14.1. ProductOf
 NCC 
3.14.2. DesignedBy
 KristenNygaard 
 OleJohanDahl 
3.14.3. ProgrammedBy
 KristenNygaard 
 OleJohanDahl 
3.14.4. CommencedInYear
 1962 
3.14.5. ReleasedInYear
 1967 
3.14.6. PrimaryURL
 http://java.sun.com/people/jag/SimulaHistory.html 
3.15. Sketchpad
3.15.1. InfluencedBy
 Memex 
3.15.2. ReleasedInYear
 1969 
3.16. Smalltalk
3.16.1. InfluencedBy
 Alto 
 ReactiveEngine 
 Simula 
3.16.2. DesignedBy
 AlanCKay 
3.16.3. ProgrammedBy
 AdeleGoldberg 
 AlanCKay 
 TedKaehler 
3.16.4. CommencedInYear
 1972 
3.16.5. ReleasedInYear
 1972 
3.16.6. PrimaryURL
 http://msp.sfsu.edu/Lectureseries/archive96/realaudio/kay/smalltalk.ra 
3.17. Stanford AI Labs Projects
3.17.1. ProductOf
 StanfordAILabs 
3.17.2. DescendedFrom
 EandSprojects 
3.17.3. ReleasedInYear
 1968 
3.17.4. PrimaryURL
 http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=Stanford Artificial Intelligence Language 
4. The Hardware Systems
Hardware Systems should really have a slot on them called Ran which is the inverse of RanOn.
4.1. Star7
4.1.1. ProductOf
 Sun 
4.1.2. CommencedInYear
 1991 
4.1.3. ReleasedInYear
 1992 
4.1.4. PrimaryURL
 http://java.sun.com/people/jag/green/