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That shit was stolen from Xerox circa 2004. They had working flexible monitor prototypes back then. I worked as a phone rep for a little Xerox agency while I wa
by reilly3000 8y ago
That shit was stolen from Xerox circa 2004. They had working flexible monitor prototypes back then. I worked as a phone rep for a little Xerox agency while I was in college. I setup their first AdWords campaign because I hated cold calling for selling toner refills and copier upgrade so very much. Xerox corporate marketing site was advertising flexible monitors on their homepage - a page I must have viewed 1200+ times. I can't find that URL on the wayback machine, but I did find a contemporaneous article: https://books.google.com/books?id=1VRuoq7h2FcC&lpg=PA503&ots=dTZxMvfhFz&dq=xerox%20flexible%20monitors&pg=PR3#v=onepage&q=xerox%20flexible%20monitors&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=1VRuoq7h2FcC&lpg=PA503&ots...
- PhasmaFelis 8y agoThey must have had insurmountable flaws if they were never visibly brought to market.
- adventured 8y agoRoutinely failing to bring its best tech to market was a Xerox specialization.
- jp555 8y agoOr maybe the screens would have retailed for something like $5000 each, in a market with little to no demand (eg: consumer video conferencing prior to smartphones). There are no bad ideas, just bad timing.
- PhasmaFelis 8y ago> Or maybe the screens would have retailed for something like $5000 each That would be an insurmountable flaw, yes.