That's true, but these were iterations on materials and systems that already existed — things that came from the research community. Much of what we call person

That's true, but these were iterations on materials and systems that already existed — things that came from the research community. Much of what we call personal computing today wouldn't exist if it wasn't for the ARPA research community that was funded and established during the IPTO's existence. That includes the Internet and everything created at Xerox PARC.