Fumbling the Future: How Xerox Invented, Then Ignored, the First Personal ComputerFor all those who think American business should not be run by the numbers, here is a book that tells how and why, with a four- to six-year head start, Xerox decided not to enter the field of personal computing. |
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Page 149
... PARC . " Not everyone at PARC , of course , neglected the link between good corporate citizenship and commercial opportunity . Bill Gun- ning , PARC's technical liaison to other parts of Xerox , had worked in the computer field since ...
... PARC . " Not everyone at PARC , of course , neglected the link between good corporate citizenship and commercial opportunity . Bill Gun- ning , PARC's technical liaison to other parts of Xerox , had worked in the computer field since ...
Page 150
... PARC scientists . And he was a physicist instead of a computer scientist . Consequently , his effectiveness as a mediator between the alien worlds of Xerox managers and PARC's computer re- searchers was limited ; not completely ...
... PARC scientists . And he was a physicist instead of a computer scientist . Consequently , his effectiveness as a mediator between the alien worlds of Xerox managers and PARC's computer re- searchers was limited ; not completely ...
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... PARC's ideas . The engineering manager for Mac- Intosh came from PARC , where his last big project was a personal computer . ' 99 The Jobs boner upset a number of PARC people who believed the Xerox investment group should have been ...
... PARC's ideas . The engineering manager for Mac- Intosh came from PARC , where his last big project was a personal computer . ' 99 The Jobs boner upset a number of PARC people who believed the Xerox investment group should have been ...
Contents
The Creation of the Alto | 51 |
The Reaffirmation of the Copier | 179 |
The Harvest of Isolation | 225 |
Copyright | |
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