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Like Xerox Parc, which is where much of our modern stuff came from. Mice, touch pads, GUI, etc. It produced all sorts of marvelous tech. The problem was Xerox d
by cronix 3y ago
Like Xerox Parc, which is where much of our modern stuff came from. Mice, touch pads, GUI, etc. It produced all sorts of marvelous tech. The problem was Xerox didn't realize what they had and companies like Apple and Microsoft just copied it and ran.
- masswerk 3y ago> The problem was Xerox didn't realize what they had I'd contest this (quite popular narrative): Xerox developed the Star as an highly integrated product and introduced it in 1981, 2 years before the Lisa and 3 years before the Mac. It may have been too early, though, as this was before capable microprocessors and the hardware was somewhat limited. Development started in 1977, which was about as early as PARC-based software became sufficiently optimized to make this a viable option, and the first D-processors, Dorado (rejected for its complexity and price point), became ready for evaluation. Arguably, it would have been hard to release a thoroughly engineered system like the Star significantly sooner. (There were also other GUI-driven spin-offs, outside Xerox, like PERQ, which also failed to make the proverbial dent in the universe.)