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PARC sees itself as a very different place today from the one depicted in the Apple legend It sees this as a good thing? I mean, say what you will, but most o

by j_baker 15y ago

PARC sees itself as a very different place today from the one depicted in the Apple legend It sees this as a good thing? I mean, say what you will, but most of modern personal computing came from PARC. I don't think PARC's problem was lack of innovation. Rather, it was short-sighted decisions made by Xerox execs who were scared of PARC's idea of a paper-free office (Xerox of course making most of its money off of paper).

akkartik 15y ago
"I don't think PARC's problem was lack of innovation." The way the terms are used in the article, I think you mean, "lack of invention." Both of you are in agreement that PARC of old was great at invention (building new things), not so good at innovation (bringing ideas to market). PARC now claims they're better at innovation. The external consensus is that they're not nearly as good at invention as they used to be. I'm not holding my breath to see what they come up with.