He was decades ahead of his time, as were the folks at PARC, in terms of something that could be turned into a profitable business or consumer product. The tim

He was decades ahead of his time, as were the folks at PARC, in terms of something that could be turned into a profitable business or consumer product. The time horizon was just too long for the most powerful ideas to really take root in the industry. As a result, many of the 'big picture' concepts were discarded and shorter term goals that could be achieved in a few years time were developed instead. When management gets compensated in terms of quarters to a small number of years, that's the time-frame they tend to focus on.