I don't think that's a good comparison. PARC efforts could at least be justified as being document related, which was solidly in sync with Xerox strategy. This

I don't think that's a good comparison. PARC efforts could at least be justified as being document related, which was solidly in sync with Xerox strategy. This "moonshot" stuff can't be classified as pure research as per Bell Labs/IBM Research or corporate goal focused. It's only a failed attempt to prove the capability propaganda that they communicate to the world.