Editing Project Looking Glass (section)

== History ==
Looking Glass was first developed by Hideya Kawahara, a Sun [[programmer]] who wrote it in his spare time on a [[Linux]] laptop.  After demonstrating an early version to Sun executives, he was assigned to it full-time with a dedicated team and open sourced the project.<ref>{{cite web
 |url = http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1617822,00.asp
 |archive-url = https://archive.today/20130122194755/http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1617822,00.asp
 |url-status = dead
 |archive-date = January 22, 2013
 |title = Sun Opens Its 3-D 'Looking Glass' Linux Desktop
 |publisher = eWEEK
 }}</ref> It was demonstrated by [[Jonathan I. Schwartz|Jonathan Schwartz]] at [[LinuxWorld Expo]] 2003 in San Francisco.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20081205024825/http://wiki.granularlinux.com/en/Looking_Glass Granular Linux Documentation<!-- Bot generated title -->]}}</ref>
After the demonstration, Apple CEO [[Steve Jobs]] called Schwartz's office and told him that Apple would sue Sun if they moved forward to commercialize it – Jobs felt the project infringed Apple's [[intellectual property]].<ref>{{cite web
 |last = Schwartz
 |first = Jonathan
 |url = http://jonathanischwartz.wordpress.com/2010/03/09/good-artists-copy-great-artists-steal/
 |title = Good Artists Copy, Great Artists Steal
 |date = March 9, 2010
 }}</ref>
Regardless of the threat, Sun determined that the project was not a priority and decided not to put more resource to develop it to product quality.  The project continued in an experimental mode, but with Sun's finances deteriorating, it became inactive in late 2006.<ref>{{Cite web
 |last        = Kawahara
 |first       = Hideya
 |url         = http://forums.java.net/jive/ann.jspa?annID=252
 |title       = Announcement: INACTIVE (PRACTICALLY DEAD) since late 2006
 |date        = September 18, 2009
 |url-status  = dead
 |archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20091123072758/http://forums.java.net/jive/ann.jspa?annID=252
 |archivedate = November 23, 2009
}}</ref>